Dehumanization In Night

The memoir Night written by Eliezer (Elie) Wiesel takes place in Europe between the years 1941-1945. During this time, Europe was involved in World War II. Germany was under Adolf Hitler’s rule and he desired to expand across Europe. Along with that, he implemented policies that allowed for the persecution and genocide of Jews. Jewish people were thrown into concentration camps where they were dehumanized in multiple ways, for example, deprivation of necessities, grueling forced labor, and brutal treatment. Elie and his family were one of the many families that wound up in a concentration camp.

A theme that Elie Wiesel makes clear in the telling of his experience is that silence is our enemy. Throughout the story, he shows the effects of staying

People of the Jewish religion feared returning to their homes because of the possibility of violence following the war. As a result of homeless Jews, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was created for refugees and displaced people. The Holocaust allowed for human rights to be violated and lives were endangered. It enlightened the public to see that neutrality helps only the persecutor, not the victim. Silence is what allowed for the termintation and dehumanization of Jews to continue. The Holocaust changed the world by showing everyone that we must interfere instead of staying silent and

Schindler’s List is a movie where a German industrialist saved more than a thousand Jewish refugees from the Holocaust. Sadly, there were still over 6 million Jews that died. Similar to Schindler’s List, Elie Wiesel was one of the few Jewish people who survived the concentration camps. He was starved, beaten, and stripped of his dignity like many others. In his story, he talks about things we would rather forget because we are ashamed of the things we have done in the past. Luckily, he got the chance to share his story and show the world what concentration camps were truly