Children In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

Children during the Holocaust were targeted because they were weak and small, and the Nazis wanted strong and independent Jews who were willing to work, but some children were strong and were able to work in labor camps. The lives of children inside the camps grew up with the grim memories of being separated from loved ones by death and torture. Hitler’s goal was to destroy a whole entire race and by targeting the kids, this would be a faster way of killing many innocent Jews. Depending on the age of the child and the gender, would determine whether or not that child would live because the Germans would rather prefer the boys over girls. The boys were known to be more stronger and more independent than girls, that is why girls would be separated

Children were growing up with fear and depression because of the fact that they were separated from their families or that they would be killed.

Many young children were forced to be killed, depending on how strong they were, they would be able to live, such as, Eliezer Wiesel, who was a survivor of the Holocaust. In the concentration camps, Elie was separated from his sister and mother because of the genders. Elie was left with his father because of the separation. Elie would do whatever it took to keep his father safe because his father was all he had left. The fact that Elie only had his father made a huge impact on Elie’s life; it made him think carefully about his actions and what he says. Since Elie was only fifteen years old, he was separated from his father during the work hours and in order to be with his father everyday, Elie lied about his age and said that he was 18 years old. This action was very dangerous but Elie wanted to be with his father throughout the day and night. Though Elie was with his father, Elie still felt hopeless because of the fact that his father may die of the harsh weather and the conditions that they are under.

Anne Frank and her family were in hiding for two years. During those two years, the family lived in an Annex with another family named the Van Daans. Also during these two years she wrote in her diary about her experiences of each day and what her wishes were. Her father Otto Frank and her mother Edith Frank including the Van Daans would try and take care of the family as best as they could. In hiding, they were not able to leave their home as they might get caught. A family friend named Miep was able to grab food for the family and deliver news to the family about updates on the war. Some days Anne would have an attitude towards the family because of her fear of going to the concentration camps but everyone would try and help the best they can to make everyone happy. The war was starting to begin and the families got caught and got taken to the concentration camps. Anne Frank felt disappointed because of the way she treated her family before getting caught, and she realizes the wrong she has done throughout the two years of hiding. When she was in the camps she would see her family get beaten up and that would break her heart. When Anne Frank was fifteen years old, she died of natural causes in the concentration camp. This event is very devastating because of what she had to fight for in order to survive. Anne Frank was upset that she had to get separated from her family and