Dialectical Journal For Night By Elie Wiesel

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“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” (Wiesel 34) The Holocaust was a genocide of Eroupean Jews uring WW2. 6 million Jew across Eroupe were brutally

“First edict: Jews were prohibited from leaving their residences for three days, under penalty of death. Moishe the Beadle came running to our house. ‘I warned you,’he shouted. And left without waiting for a response. The same day, the Hungarian police burst into every Jewish home in town: a Jew was henceforth forbidden to own gold, jewelry, or any valuables. Everything had to be handed over to the authorities, under penalty of death. My father went down to the cellar and buried our savings.” (Wiesel 10-11) On the 8th day of Passover, the first example of the dehumanization process on Jews is shown in their own hometown of Sighet. Jews freedoms and rights were immediately taken as the Nazis first order. Jews weren't allowed to leave their homes, and if they did they would be killed. Hungarian Police broke into every Jewish home in the area, and the Jews were forced to give away their gold, jewelry, or any valuables. “TWO GHETTOS were created in Sighet. A large one in the center of town occupied four streets, and another smaller one extended over several alleyways on the outskirts of town. The street we lived on, Serpent Street, was in the first ghetto. We therefore could remain in our house. But, as it occupied a corner, the windows facing the street outside the ghetto had to be sealed. We gave some of our rooms to relatives who had been driven out of their homes. Little by little life

The Jews were hopeless and helpless. And how many devout Jews endured such a death? On that most horrible day, even among all those other bad days, when the child witnessed the hanging (yes!) of another child who, he tells us, had the face of a sad angel, he heard someone behind him groan: "For God's sake, where is God?" The Jews had to helplessly watch a young boy get hung in front of all of them. They were forced to watch, but couldn't do anything to help the . I WOKE UP AT DAWN on January 29. On my father's cot there lay another sick person. They must have taken him away before daybreak and taken him to the crematorium. Perhaps he was still breathing.… No prayers were said over his tomb. No candle lit in his memory. His last word had been my name. He had called out to me and I had not answered(Wiesel 112) Elies dad was getting very sick and intruding thoughts came into Elies head about leaving his dad, and facing this battle every man for himself. Elies dad was going crazy on his bed and Elie tried to get him to shush. His fathers last words were his son's names, and the son never responded. The next morning, Elie did not wake up by his dad, but instead, there was a new prisoner put in Elies dads cot. The Jews dehumanization process was harsh, long, and