Research Paper On Night By Elie Wiesel

“After Auschwitz, the human condition is not the same, nothing will be the same.” (“After Auschwitz'' 1) This is a quote from Elie Wiessel, a Jewish man who survived the Holocaust when he was just a boy. He said it in his speech about Auschwitz, one of the concentration camps he stayed in, and what life was like afterwards. The events that took place at the hands of Nazi Germany didn’t just affect the victims, but all Jews. To add to this, victims of these atrocities that survived had a hard time living or finding a purpose to live in the years that followed. After considering what these people went through, there is no doubt that life after the Holocaust Liberation was still difficult for Jews because of the struggles of starting life again,

One barrier faced by many survivors was the loss of joy in one's heart, such as Elie Wiesel. He states in the first stanza of his speech Perils of Indifference, “He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart. He thought there never would be again.” (Wiesel 1) This shows the lack of hope and joy left in his heart after the Holocaust and the belief that there might never have been again. Another quote from Elie Wiesel in his memoir Night states,”Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.” (Wiesel 44) Once again, this shows that the mindset of these people starting again from these ordeals was grave. Not only did the survivors lose hope, but they also lost family as well. Over six million people died in the Holocaust. That means that even if one survived, it was unlikely for their family to as well, and this was very hard for many Jews. A prime example of this is shown in the Diary of Anne Frank play, where Mr. Frank found it hard to get back to his business due to the loss of his two daughters and his

He breaks down, crying.” (“The Diary of Anne Frank Act I, Scenes 1 and 2” 92) This took place in 1945, after the liberation and after the end of the war, so it shows the agony of the loved ones of those lost. Elie Wiesel also still reminisces about his little sister lost in the Holocaust. He says in After Auschwitz, “Listen to the tears of children, Jewish children, a beautiful little girl among them, with golden hair, whose vulnerable tenderness never left me.” (“After Auschwitz” 1). Just like Mr. Frank, Elie Wiesel still thinks about the loss of the innocent life of his little sister, decades following the genocide, another example of why the loss of loved ones made it hard to return to previous life. Besides the mental barriers of rebuilding for Jews after the liberation, there were also physical problems in terms of having the ability to rebuild. Some may claim that after the liberation antisemitism completely died out, but this is far from the truth. While people can argue that Jewish hate went down significantly following the war, racial discrimination against Jews was still very prevalent all around the world. For instance, many people liberated were afraid to return home due to postwar