Night is an autobiography written by Elie Weisel about his experiences that occurred during World War II. The novel follows Eliezer and his father through the treacherous hells of Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1944-1945. It explores the dehumanization process and atrocities committed by Nazi Germany to the Jews in Europe.
This process of dehumanization reduced the Jews into nothing more than insignificant pests. The dehumanization process begins rather abruptly with Moshe, Eliezer’s teacher, is deported and comes back a few months later. He describes the horrors that happened on his train ride to his fellow Jews: “The Jews were made to get out. They were made to dig huge graves. And when they had finished their work, the Gestapo began theirs. Without passion, without haste, they slaughtered their prisoners” (Wiesel 4). Nobody believed him. Everyone thought he was merely seeking attention. This is the beginning, the beginning of the hell Elizer and his family are going to go through. …show more content…
The impressions of the Germans were reassuring, however, on the last day of the Passover, the Germans started their dehumanization operation. This started with the arrests of the leaders of the Jewish community then escalating quickly from not being able to leave their homes, to moving into confined ghettoes, and finally deportation. Even with this repression going on, the Jews remained optimistic thinking that they can create “A little Jewish republic” (Wiesel 9) and going to “work in the brick factories” (Wiesel 11). Though, these dreams shattered when they reach hell:
This process of dehumanization reduced the Jews into nothing more than insignificant pests. The dehumanization process begins rather abruptly with Moshe, Eliezer’s teacher, is deported and comes back a few months later. He describes the horrors that happened on his train ride to his fellow Jews: “The Jews were made to get out. They were made to dig huge graves. And when they had finished their work, the Gestapo began theirs. Without passion, without haste, they slaughtered their prisoners” (Wiesel 4). Nobody believed him. Everyone thought he was merely seeking attention. This is the beginning, the beginning of the hell Elizer and his family are going to go through. …show more content…
The impressions of the Germans were reassuring, however, on the last day of the Passover, the Germans started their dehumanization operation. This started with the arrests of the leaders of the Jewish community then escalating quickly from not being able to leave their homes, to moving into confined ghettoes, and finally deportation. Even with this repression going on, the Jews remained optimistic thinking that they can create “A little Jewish republic” (Wiesel 9) and going to “work in the brick factories” (Wiesel 11). Though, these dreams shattered when they reach hell: