Dehumanization In Elie Wiesel's Night

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In the novel Night, it shows how the Jews were dehumanized during World War 2 in Axis-controlled Europe. The Jews were treated harshly and were treated like “things”. The reason why this happened is because of Hitler’s hatred of Jews. Hitler’s hatred of Jews stemmed from the anti-Semitism in Vienna, the German Defeat in World War 1, and the propaganda made by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). He said that the Jews were the reason why Germany wasn’t able to recover after World War 1. Hitler soon became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Hitler then became a full-dictator in August of 1934 after Hindenburg died. It wasn’t till 1941 until Hitler proposed “The Final Solution”. The Final Solution was a plan to wipe the