Eliezer, a little Jewish boy, and his family are taken from their home in Sighet, Transylvania, and brought to Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps in Night by Elie Wiesel, an autobiographical novel set during World War Two. The horrors of the Holocaust and the struggle for survival in the face of terrible suffering are powerfully and unsettlingly portrayed in the novel.
The first terrible thing that happened to Elie was when he, along with his family and the rest of the Jewish population, was rounded up and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. This was a traumatic experience for Elie, as he had never been subjected to such cruel treatment before. The dehumanizing conditions and the inhumane treatment of the prisoners were simply unbearable. This leads the reader to believe that Elie is in for a wild ride in this camp and it will impact him heavily.
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Elie was left with his father after being cut off from his mother and sisters. Because of the circumstances in the camp, his father's health deteriorated, and despite Elie's best efforts to take care of him, there was only so much he could do. Elie has been heartbroken about his father's slow, agonizing death throughout the entire novel. This shows how traumatized Elie was he had no time to morne the loss of his father that is real dehumanization.
Elie observed the execution of children at Birkenau, which was the third terrible event that occurred to him. As Elie witnessed defenseless children being burned alive in pits, it was one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the novel. The Nazi officers' brutality and barbarism were on full show as they committed these crimes without any sense of regret or guilt. This indicates that they had no hart left no tears to cry because of what they where forced to do and tolerate the inhumane housing