The Holocaust In Elie Wiesel's Night

It can be said, that one of the most shocking and impacting adversities that have happened in history was the Holocaust. Even though news back then were not as fast paced as they are today, many people still became aware of this situation. This was a topic that could not be ignored since so many people were being affected. The Holocaust took place mainly in Eastern Europe, in places such as Poland and Ukraine and it sought to kill millions of people. In more detail, the Holocaust was also known as Shoah and it is the term for the murder of around six million Jews by the Nazi regimes. Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially

During this trajectory, Wiesel’s mother and two siblings passed away. Later, he was moved with his dad to another concentration camp in Germany. In the book “Night”, Elie Wiesel states: “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith for- ever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never” (34). This concretely states how hard it was for him and his family to get through the days in this horrible place. Going through situations and experiences like this could make you doubt or question your faith. Elie starts questioning his faith once he is conscious of what was happening. Elie is mad with God due to all the circumstances surrounding him, and he reminisces on how he used to be religious and how now, he feels that his faith no longer has a purpose and so he denies God. Ellie asks himself, “Why, but why should I bless him”

One of the losses that most impacted him was the death of his father. These were the obstacles that Wiesel went through for various consecutive years of his life. Even though these problems had an incomparable effect on his life, he was able to overcome these obstacles and keep on surviving. These difficulties and problems caused him to think back on how different his life was two or three years ago. Elie said: “I shall never forgive myself. Nor shall I ever forgive the world for having pushed me against the wall, for having turned me into a stranger, for having awakened in me the basest, most primitive instinct” (90). He felt some kind of self blame and feelings or thoughts saying that he could have done better. These thoughts and feelings can trigger mental illnesses and the seriousness of them (Mayo Clinic