Reaction Paper On Night By Elie Wiesel

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Having organization and the element of surprise led to the Germans and Hutus performing horrible acts of genocide against their enemies out of pure hatred. Watching and reading about these atrocities was a good learning experience, especially with Night. In Night, Wiesel told readers how concentration camps were like. He told them about how the Germans treated them while they were systematically killing them. This let people know the hardships they went through. These topics were important to write about so people know what had happened during these

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