The Nazi regime killed about six million jews during the holocaust.During the 1940s German authorities targeted Jew and many other people, they would be put in death camps and forced to do hard labored. The atrocities the Jewish people had to face was terrifying. Going day after day not knowing if you will be the one selected to die;having your love ones die and suffer. Doing hard labor and very little food. losing your humanity as they take everything away from you. The jewish people change because of the suffering, they lose faith and hope and give up on going forward or living on through the tough times.
“ I stood there petrified. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked once. I watched and kept silent” (39). This is one of the examples of the atrocities the jewish people had to face. They lost their humanity. They were forced to shave their hair and were not named by their name and number. They lived in
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Why, but why I bless him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because he caused thousands of children to burn in his mass graves?” (67) This is one example of how they lost faith. Wiesel wants to believe in God but he doesn't understand why this is happening to him and other people. He doesn't feel like celebrating the jewish holidays, even though many other jews still have very little faith. “Yes, man is greater than God. When Adam and Eve deceived you, you chased them from paradise.When you were displeased by Noah's generation. You brought down flood. When Sodom lost your favor, You caused the heavens to rain down fire and damnation. But look at these men whom you betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed and burned, what do they ? They pray before you! They praise Your name!” (67-68). This show how anger Wisel is with God and what going on around him.They don't deserve this it show how good people died in death camps and they carried on in faith as some gave