Religion and political opinion overlap in the sense that the two can bring all peoples of the world together. However, both can also cause violent separation and hate between differing parties. This is the case of the Holocaust in World War Two. Many minorities, specifically Jews, were tortured and killed because of their faith. In Night, a memoir by Eliezer Wiesel, Elie writes that he lives happily in a highly accepting Hungarian community. Like the rest of his family, Elie is profoundly faithful to Judaism and takes pride in his beliefs. However, as antisemitic hate washes through the world per the Nazi Party, a group that supported and executed anti-Jewish measures, Elie is met with various trials inflicted on him for his faith. At first, …show more content…
Jojo is eager to ally with Nazi Germany. Both boys are so profound in their beliefs because, as children, they are unaware of the cost of war as it has recently begun. Later, as World War Two spread, it altered Jojo and Elies’ lives. The boys, in turn, began to question their faith. Elie and his family are now held hostage at a Nazi concentration camp called Auschwitz for being Jewish. Here he is slowly worked to death as he watches the slaughter of other prisoners and is separated from most of his family. Wiesel’s views are shifted as he and his acquaintances are persecuted for their beliefs. As a young boy, Elie is conflicted with his faith and wonders why it is destroying him and his loved ones. In Night, Wiesel explains this occurrence “I did not deny God’s existence, but I doubted his absolute justice” (Weisel 54). Elie is questioning the God he so profoundly believes in. Elie does not understand why his God would allow the massacre of His people and further why He would not liberate them. While Elie still believes in God, he doubts his virtue. Still, Wiesel’s faith was so strong that he continues to grasp onto the glimmer of hope that God is alive. In addition, Jojo begins to contemplate the morality of the Nazi