Eli Wiesel, the author of Night, demonstrates dehumanization by illustrating how the Nazis tortured the Jews. The foreign Jews of Sighet were being deported out of their homes. Moshe the Beatle tells Elie of his time in Galicia with great emotion. Elie shares what the Nazis did to the Jews, “Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners, who were forced to approach the trench one by one and offer their necks. Infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for machine guns” (Wiesel 6). When the Nazis used innocent infants as shooting targets it showed significant dehumanization because as infants they haven’t experienced any aspect of life. When the Nazis took the infants lives at such young ages the infants are denied the chance for experiences of life. Additionally, the class of …show more content…
The tent leader was dehumanized by no longer being associated as a human but an animal like creature. Furthermore, the tent leader was dehumanizing the children by molesting them. The tent leader was stripping any purity and innocence away from the children. He hunted the children like animals, making them no longer a living breathing creature, but a prey for the tent leader. Dehumanization will continue throughout Elie’s long night. Elie was in Buchenwald Camp and got unexpected news from the Germans. On Elie’s walk back to his tent he was told that the underground resistance wasn’t leaving the Jews. Elie’s told by Largerkommandant that the Nazis are liquidating the camp. While the Nazis are evacuating the Jews, Elie says, “From that moment on, there was no further distribution of bread or soup” (Wiesel 114). Taking away the Jews’ food strongly shows dehumanization. The Jews barely got any food from the Nazis, and now they have taken that away completely. The Jews’ were being deprived of their right to eat and gain nutrients. When the Nazis took the Jews’ food away, they took their last right as