Night: Novel Synopsis Night, written by Elie Wiesel, is about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps during 1944-1945, at the height of the Holocaust toward the end of the Second World War. This novel was first published in Yiddish by Buenos Aires in 1956. Then, it was then published in 1958 by Les Editions de Minuit in French and published in English by Hill & Wang in 1960. Additionally, this novel is divided into nine unnamed sections, has 120 pages, and had won the Nobel Peace Prize. It is written in a first person point of view of Eliezer, the main character and the protagonist. Only personal feelings, emotions, and experiences are included. Therefore, this is a subjective piece of work. This novel takes place during the time of 1944 and commences by Eliezer, the narrator, introducing himself. Eliezer is a twelve-year-old boy and lives in a …show more content…
Because of the arduous activity and fierce weather he sustains, Eliezer undergoes a surgery for his foot in order to drain pus from the sole of his right foot. While he remains in the infirmary, however, the Nazis decide to evacuate camp in January 1945 because of the Russian liberation forces moving closer to the concentration camps. The prisoners are compelled to run through the snow in frigid weather over a forty-two mile route to Gleiwitz concentration camp. Eliezer binds his bleeding foot by wrapping strips of blanket around it. Eliezer and his father survive the ordeal journey by praying and mutual concern for each other. When they arrive on snow-covered, makeshift barracks, survivors pile together. Three days later, the few remaining inmates travel in open cattle cars on a ten-day train ride to Buchenwald in central Germany. Later, they learned that the Russians freed prisoners who remained in the