About 5.1 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. In the past 160 years, tens of millions of people have lost their lives due to mass genocide around the world. The novel, Night, written by Elie Wiesel proves that mass genocide is one major event during World War II. The general topic of genocide can be divided into three parts; government, land, and religion. To begin, one major cause of mass genocide is government. For instance in the novel, “The Germans arrested the leaders of the Jewish community” (Wiesel 10). This means that the Jewish leaders no longer had power or authority in their community. With that being said the Germans can now do anything they want to harm the Jewish population uncontrollably. This is stating that without