In the beginning of the novel, Wiesel talks about the invasion of fascist who seized power in Bucharest. In this historical event, Romania fell into the hands of Nazi Germany who imposed policies of anti-Semitism specifically against Jewish communities living on eastern border lands and those living in Transylvania. As a result, the fascist Iron Guard, one group a part of the social revolutionary movements gained support in demanding that the Jews be removed from positions of power and moved out of Romania. However, the people of this community were not going to leave without a fight and the uprising of a social revolution began. Due to the beginning of violent protest and hostility from 1938-1939 a virtual terrorist civil war occurred between
