Brian Kha
Mrs. Crego
English 10H (Period 4,6 BD)
10 March 2023
The Holocaust of Emotions Throughout WWII, Adolf Hitler’s reign gave rise to copious amounts of death and terror. His brutal reign led to the end of countless Jews, and other races that were against Germany. The Holocaust was a horrific genocide led by Adolf Hitler to wipe out the entire Jewish race and other races that were not German. The Nazis were able to construct this genocide by setting up concentration camps in Germany, as well as in areas that they have taken control of, such as Poland. The camps were used as killing grounds, or workplaces for non-aryan races, most notably the Jews. The environment of the workplaces would be horrific, and the only payment for the workers
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In Night, Wiesel wrote about how he will never forget the things that he saw, and how he won’t forget how he saw how children’s bodies transformed into smoke (Night, 34). Night talks about how Jews; despite their age or status, are all treated equally in Auschwitz, including even children. Details such as children being murdered in the concentration camps led to emotions of sadness or pity toward the people who suffered in the Holocaust. Moishe, a survivor who was friends with Wiesel recounted that he saw infants being tossed into the sky, and used as target practice (Night 6). Infants being tossed into the air and murdered just for target practice permanently affected Moishe. Gruesome details of how young Jews were murdered in Night illustrated how horrible the events were from Wiesel’s viewpoint, and gave the viewer a feeling of sadness when reading about the innocent lives that were taken away. When Wiesel’s father was suffering from sickness, he begged Wiesel to help him; the next day his father was gone and never seen again (Night 112). Wiesel’s father suffered from disease and continued to beg Wiesel for help, even to no avail. When his father “disappeared,” Wiesel could not cry or be emotional about his loss for he was “out of tears,” proving that what he experienced in Auschwitz was so horrible, it caused him to not even be able to properly mourn his father's death. Eliezer Wiesel’s inability to cry and mourn his father’s death proves how much of a negative impact the Holocaust had on his life, as well as the lives of millions of other Jews. During the Holocaust, Wiesel’s memoir described some of the events that struck him hardest, which gave readers something to reflect on and think about how horrific the Holocaust truly