Up to 6 million Jewish people died during the Holocaust. In 1933 Adolf Hitler became the leader of Germany's military, and formed an army called the Nazi. The Holocaust was a huge mass murder during the time of World War II. Hitler and his army put together the Holocaust in 1941 through 1945. Hitler had dozens of camps in Germany, the biggest one was Auschwits, where millions of people have died. The Nazi wanted more power, they were very aggressive and invaded many countries. Elie Wiesel, the author the autobiography Night shares what it was like and what he had to go through during the Holocaust.
One important part of Night is Elie's relationship with his father. In the book, Elie feels close to his father, but after time they start to fall apart. On page 112 Elie states, "And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last!". (Wiesel 112). Before the Holocaust, Elie and his father never really spent time with each other and didn’t have a good relationship. When Elie and his family got split up, the only person he had was his father. Towards the end of the book Elie and his father split up, and they started getting farther and farther away from each other. When Elie's father pasted away he started to feel a
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Weisel sates in his book on page 118, " I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget." (Weisel 118). Elie wrote this book so that the memories wouldn’t die, he wanted everybody to remember the Holocaust. He wanted to share his experiences with everyone and share how terrible and sad the Holocaust was. Before I read this book, I knew very little about the Holocaust, know after reading it and knowing what all the innocent victim went through, I feel grateful that my family and I did not have to experience the