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Traumatic Events During The Holocaust In Night By Elizer Wilson

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In the novel Night, Elizer Wilson experiences traumatic events during the Holocaust, and constantly describes him, his father, and the other Jews as objects multiple times in the book. From these camps, Jewish people weren’t as human, giving the Jews the belief that they were nothing more than “things.” Thanks to this, the Jews believed that they were no more than animals, or objects thanks to: cattle cars, identities stripped away, and forced migrations between camps. The cattle cars were used to transport the Jews from camp to camp during the Holocaust. They would stuff Jews into these carts in very cramped numbers, making the ride unbearable for the Jews. “Lying down” was not an option, nor could we all sit down. We decided to take turns …show more content…

Our minds numb with indifference.” - Page 98. The Jews were put into these carts to starve, and give them torturous conditions on their way to the camps. The Nazis slowly took Jewish people’s identities away, dehumanizing them in both ways, and giving them the belief that Jews were nothing but objects. “The same day, Hungarian police burst into every Jewish home in town: a Jew was henceforth forbidden to own gold, jewelry, or any valuables. Everything had to be handed over to the authorities, under penalty of death.” - Page 11. “The three ‘veteran’ prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on their left arms. I have a A-7713. From then on, I had no other name” - Page 42. The Jewish people were forced to be given anything of value to authorities, names were completely removed, and only known as numbers. Jews during the Holocaust were removed from any identity given to them prior to the Germans taking over Elizer’s community. Death Marches were essentially forced migrations from one camp, to cattle cars, which meant Jews were forced to run for hours on end to reach the cattle cars, which left a lot of the Jews

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