How did concentration camps affect Jews? In the book of Night. There are many examples of dehumanization. The Night is about the experience of a young boy named Eliezer in a concentration camp. Eliezer faces many challenges and he changes a lot throughout the story. The dehumanization in the book forces them to change their identity, forcing them to work while starving them. Physical dehumanization is one of the most obvious examples of dehumanization in the brutal book of what the Nazis did to the Jewish prisoners. Their possessions, identities, and dignity are all taken away from them when they get to Auschwitz. They suffered from starvation, being shaved, and working in terrible conditions with brutal hours. In these camps, they are treated