Night Elie Wiesel Research Paper

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1.5 to 2 million Jews were shot by the German forces during the Holocaust. As we all know, Elie Wiesel sadly watched a bunch of those deaths happen while in the Auschwitz camp. The Holocaust was terrible as we know how many people were shot and killed during it. Many people in modern days don't do anything to recognize the people who were killed during the Holocaust and don't even take this tragic event to heart. Many people erase this from their knowledge and just forget about it. Wiesel informs us how forgetfulness is a fault of human nature, but we should remember what happened to those victimized and killed during the Holocaust. In the story Night, survivor Elie Wiesel has gone through many challenges and loses hope while trying to survive …show more content…

At times, when it was only Elie and his father alive, Elie's father was struggling a lot to stay alive, but Elie motivated and pushed him to keep on fighting because Elie needed a family member next to his side to fight with. After a very long march that Elie and his father were forced to go on, Elie's father unfortunately passed away from a bad illness called dysentery. “No prayers were said over his tomb. No candle lit in his memory” (Wiesel 112). The day Elie’s father passed away, it seemed like no one cared at all. Not one single person said prayers over his tomb or gave words of gratitude to him. As soon as Elie woke up in the morning, he realized that his father was already taken away without him even knowing. It's heartbreaking how the people of Auschwitz treated Elie, minutes after he lost a family member who meant the world to him. We all know that millions of people go to Auschwitz and end up being killed and victimized, which shows us that we need to be better citizens by honoring their memory of them. Forgetfulness wouldn't have to be a fault that humans have if we just take a second every day and be thankful for people who were in the