Night, By Elie Wiesel: Article Analysis

Elie Wiesel was truly a courageous figure during the torturous years of the Holocaust. In his best selling novel titled Night, Elie portrays many events that completely shatter most human rights laws established by modern day activists such as the United Nations. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there are thirty different articles established to protect us from people violating our treasured human rights. Within the declaration, two articles really stand out for Elie’s situation such as article five and eighteen. Both of these articles accurately despic great human rights violations that were performed throughout Elie’s experience during the mournful Holocaust. Most importantly, article five directly states, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

This article directly states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.” This human right wrongfully stripped from the Jewish people from the very start, because the only reason Hitler created the Holocaust was to completely eliminate everyone who believed in the Jewish faith. “As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying God's existence, but I doubted His absolute justice" (Wiesel 45). This quote by Elie accurately describes how the stripping of freedom of religion took a toll on both him, and many other Jews throughout his time. Also, this infringement of human rights towards the Jewish people caused many, including Elie, to start to question their faith in the God that they so greatly loved and appreciated