Reflection On Night By Elie Wiesel

Imagine being in the holocaust, imagine how drastically your life would change. From living in a multi bedroom house, where each person has their own room to being in a cabin sharing with hundreds of other children. Having to leave your wife or husband and maybe even your child behind and possibly never getting the chance to see them again. You would have to leave all of your money behind because it will either get taken or lost while inside the camp or in your travels there. You will have to transition from getting to eat dinner every night in large portions too small rations of bread and “soup” that you may not get to eat every night. You have the privilege of getting full every night at dinner or every morning at breakfast, to starving yourself

The ghetto is where the Jews are kept separate from all other people. They only lived with other Jewish people within their community. This separation was making people lose their minds and their faith. Some people believed that their was a need to pray they did not know what it was they just knew there was a reason. “It was just like breathing for him” Elie was one of the many who prayed until one day he lost all faith in God, “Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever.” Elie saw a sight that he could never forget, that he could never erase from his mind. He saw the sight of babies being used as targets for the soldiers and of being being burned and piled on top of one another as if they did not matter. Not only him but other people witnessed this sight as well. People that were too young or too old to do work were brought into “showers” that were actually gas chambers. But even people that did meet the age and health requirements were brought into chambers as well, but they were brought to the ones where they could actually. Downside being they had to strip in front of strangers, upside being they were clean and got new

We may think working is a hassle, to them it was as well but they took it as something good because, that meant they were able to live. At each new camp they went to there was a compulsory formality they were forced to take showers at each new camp. “These were the showers a compulsory routine.” The guards would sometimes beat the prisoners just because they were in a bad mood, and if they did not show any signs of pain then he would keep beating them. They had to go to the dentist and to the doctor the dentist stated that he was checking for cavities when he actually just wanted the gold that was inside of people’s mouths. “I’m not feeling very well.” To avoid getting his gold crown taken out Elie told the dentist that he was not feeling very well and that he thought they should just do it on a different day. The dentist was looking for gold that he could then use for his own personal reasoning. The Jews were treated badly not only by the SS but by citizens, dentist, and