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Review Of Elie Wiesel's 'Night'

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Elad Shdaimah
Ms. Schuller
Non-Fiction H, Set 4
15 September 2016
Summer Reading: Night Night is a memoir recounting the experience of Elie Wiesel prior to and during the Holocaust. Wiesel grew up in Romania studying kabbala, or Jewish mysticism, and falls under the wing of Moshe the Beadle. Moshe is not fully accepted by the community, and when he escapes the Nazi camps after being captured, the townspeople do not believe what he recounts to them. They cannot believe that the Germans would be committing mass shootings, it was unfathomable. Unsure of whether or not Wiesel believed him, he remained in Romania until a Ghetto was instated. Through Wiesel’s point of view of, you can see how the Jews were constantly trying to convince themselves …show more content…

The story continued to Birkenau, a death camp in the town of Auschwitz where the people of the town are separated into two lines: who can work, and who will die. Losing the rest of his family, he is thankful to keep on going with his father. Eventually, after living through some awful times in Birkenau with gruesome work, he is eventually moved to another camp named Auschwitz. Here he does less grueling work and is seemingly satisfied with his situation. Luckily, he is still with his father. After some time, he is moved to another camp on another train. This train ride was even worse than the last and several people died. Many days later he arrives at Buna in the biting cold. This camp is much more strenuous on Wiesel and his father than the previous one and they suffer greatly. Eventually, some higher-up German officers come to test the prisoners and make sure they are still fit enough for work, and his father does not pass and he will be “moved to another camp” (he will be killed). Before they take him away, a two things happen: Elie Wiesel gets a foot infection and must remain in the infirmary, and the Front of the war creeps close to Buna. The Nazis

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