Throughout the novel Night and throughout the history of the holocaust, Nazis dehumanized Jewish prisoners with both language and actions. Nazis treated Jewish prisoners like animals; when they behaved well, they were rewarded with extra soup or bread and when they misbehaved, they were physically tortured or even killed. They were also referred to as numbers rather than names. This is shown when Elie Wiesel states, “I never felt anything except the lashes of the whip...Only the first really hurt,” (Wiesel 57). This represents dehumanization because the kapos did not care about how much pain Wiesel was in, only that he behaved. Furthermore, Wiesel also states, “I became A-7713. From now on, I had no other name,” (42). This quote shows how their