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Imagine seeing a pit full of dead babies used as target practice for the german soldiers. Well during the holocaust the Jew’s and Elie Wiesel experienced this. The Holocaust was a genocide during World War 2 in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million Europeans Jews. These people were put in camps, separated from theirre family;, they had camps just for men and women they were seperated. All the children that aren't healthy and strong they would kill them and the babies were used as shooting practice. This is what Elie Wiesel experienced as teenager. He wrote a book called Night sharing his experience with us so we can at least get in image what had happened during the Holocaust. After writing the book Night Elie Wiesel won a nobel prize and gave a great speech about everything that happened, Elie Wiesel wants us to …show more content…

But why did he really wrote that book? He wrote the book to make sure that the rest of the world doesn’t make that mistake. Elie Wiesel had one main purpose for writing of his experiences during the Holocaust. In his introduction He knew that the Holocaust and the period of time which surrounded it “would be judged one day”.Elie did have a fear thought, that the testimony he would provide will not received well. He knew that the only people who would truly understand were those who had lived through and experienced life in the concentration camps. Even though Elie realized that they, readers, would not “know” the reality behind the Holocaust, he hoped that they would “understand”. He worried that he would not be able to help those who did not experience it because the words he chose may be wrong. Regardless of this barrier, Elie stood strong. He refused to stay silent Therefore, his purpose in writing Night was to not stay silent and bear witness to the

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In the book Night, we the readers witness the hardships and struggles in Elie’s life during the traumatic holocaust. The events that take place in this story are unbearable and are thought to be demented in modern times. In the beginning Elie is shown as a normal teenage Jewish boy, but the events are so drastic that we the readers forget how he was like in the beginning. Changes were made to Elie during the book, whether they were minor or major. The changes generated from himself, the journey, and other people.

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Hunter Creguer Mrs. Malmquist English 1B 10 May 2024 Violence and Effect of the Holocaust Have you ever wondered how extreme the violence the Jews experienced during the Holocaust was? The book Night by Elie Wiesel is a great account of a young boy who was sent to the concentration camp called Auschwitz and was able to make it out alive. In Night, a boy named Elie is sent to a concentration camp called Auschwitz after he and his family get removed from their town. Elie gets separated from his sister and mother and is left with his dad, but ends up being alone once Auschwitz gets liberated. During the Holocaust, Jews saw and experienced unimaginable amounts of violence on a daily basis and they got so used to it that it barely affected them.

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The memoir written by Elie Wiesel, Night, is illustrating the Holocaust, the even which caused the death of over 6 million Jews. Auschwitz, the concentration camps, is responsible for over 1 million of the deaths. In the memoir Night, Wiesel uses the symbolism of fire, and silence to clearly communicate to the readers that the Holocaust was a catastrophic and calamitous event, and that children should never be involved in warfare. Elie Wiesel enters Auschwitz at the age of 15, and witnesses’ horrific events as a prisoner in Auschwitz, including the deaths of numerous children, and the beating and death of his own father. All these inhumane things were done just because Adolf Hitler wanted to cleanse the German society of the Jews.

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The Holocaust was one of the most tragic events in history. It just so happened to be the cause of six million deaths. While there are countless beings who experienced such trauma, it is impossible to hear everyone's side of the story. However, one man, in particular, allowed himself to speak of the tragedies. Elie Wiesel addressed the transformation he underwent during the Holocaust in his memoir, Night.

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His entire family passed away during this time. However, he had grown so much through this that he chose to spend the rest of his life fighting to prevent another Holocaust like event from occurring. He gave speeches, wrote essays and novels, and became one of the most well known advocates for human rights. He provided many educational tools for us to use to teach the next generation about the monstrosities that he lived though. Elie Wiesel used his personal pain and loss to grow as a person and dedicate his life to ensuring that others don’t suffer as

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What a Time to be Alive “To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice”(Elie Wiesel). The book “Night” was published on 1956 and it was written by Elie Wiesel. This book was about a boy’s experience in the Holocaust. Throughout “Night” there are three moments that are incredibly powerful to focus on and understand to fully grasp the importance of this holocaust memoir. They show the reader how Moshe the Beadle told the news to the public, Also how the woman was yelling fire over and over, And how Elie’s dad died a few months before he got saved.

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Elie Wiesel's Night Famous author, Elie Wiesel in his novel. “Night”, claims that he and his family were abused and, mistreated just like many other Jewish families during WWII. He develops his claim by first explaining how he and his family were forced into hiding, then by explaining the events of when his family was caught escaping the country, then by describing life at Auschwitz, and finally by connecting to the reader by using pathos to form a bond between the author's loss. Wiesel’s purpose is to inform the reader and ultimately the world of how badly the Jewish community was treated in that time in order to ensure that such events never happen to not only the jews but any and all religious or ethnic groups. He adopts an informative

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The Changed Man Elie Wiesel wrote the memoir Night about himself as the character Elie Wiesel. He along with his family and many others were forced to endure the Holocaust. Wiesel and his father were separated from him his mother and sister at the first camp. They went from camp to camp with only one thought in mind which was not to be separated from one another. Not to mention, that in the end Elie lost his family and experienced/ witnessed many horrible things that changed him.

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At first Elie did not want to talk about the Holocaust, what he experiences because he just wanted to forget everything but he could’t. Elie Wiesel slowly realizes that you can’t forget such traumatizing memory so easily and you can’t not talk about it either. People have to learn to hear the things that happened, he wanted himself to be herd so individuals understand that experiencing something like the Holocaust is not traumatizing. Through his book Night, Elie Wiesel opened a foundation for humanity to combat indifference, injustice and intolerance. Rosenblatt’s article explains how Wiesel taught individuals that “silence speaks to us as words, humanity is what you do in response to anguish and that suffering has meaning if it helps you take one step forward, from the darkness of grief to the light of hope”.

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Rufina Kucher Ms.Beach Advanced English 1 period 14 March 2018 A Night of the Holocaust The faith of God, humanity, and unity were all destryoed by the Nazi’s during the holocoust, a time of slaughter of European civilians, especially Jews during World War II. Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, and an author who explains his experience of life in a concentration camp in the book, Night. Elie Wiesel was one of the many Jews who were forced to go to a concentration camp. Although they've went through hard times and kept their hopes up for a long time, they lost their faith and humanity was destroyed.

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Night, written by Elie Wiesel, was originally published in 1956. The title of the book has a significant meaning. It’s a metaphor portraying all the dark and horrible things that happened. The author Elie Wiesel was a holocaust survivor. He wrote the book to let people feel what he went through.

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The name Elie Wiesel will always be remembered for his first-hand experience and his courageous decision to write about it. By sharing what happened to him during the Holocaust, he ensured that the world will never forget. It is important to remember that we can learn from the past and work towards a better future. Elie's story is just one of millions, and while some may have survived, their stories will never be forgotten. The Holocaust was a tragedy that impacted people of all races, and it is clear that Hitler's goal was to eliminate any differences in Germany.

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Book Review & Rating Night by Elie Wiesel, is a non-fiction survival novel. The novel focuses mainly on the time Elie spends in the Nazi concentration camps during World War Two. The novel starts out in Elie’s hometown in Transylvania, and his community is predominantly Jewish. Elie is one of four children him being the only son.

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He was balancing writing for two newspapers, one for France and one for Israel. Even though he was a journalist, Elie published his book “Night” in 1956, several years after the Holocaust. This book was written about his experience in the concentration camps. It has been published in over thirty different languages and has been sold all around the world. Elie engaged in public speaking to share his story and to honor those who lost their lives in the Holocaust.

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During the Holocaust, Elie forcefully experienced famine, risk of death, and fear. The Nazis dehumanize the Jews with various attempts to rob their opinions, identity, and freedom. In the autobiographical memoir Night, Elie Wiesel explains how the Nazis dehumanize the

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