Experience Of The Holocaust In Elie Wiesel's Night

During World War II, Nazi Germany had one of the most inhumane ways of killing, specifically Jews. Elie Wiesel, a concentration camp survivor who made a book,Night, about his experience, talked about his family and the people he encountered (Such as officers or friends). In a nutshell, Elie was deported to the largest concentration camp, Auschwitz, where he was split from his mother and sister. Elie then moved twice to two other concentration camps, (With his dad) while he was on the edge of dying. At the last camp he went to, his dad died, though once he died, the war was at end. This terrible experience has changed Elie’s basic beliefs and standard of thinking, mostly because of the situations he was put through, like losing hope or family. …show more content…
Elie Wiesel “believed profoundly” and even “studied the Talmud” during the day (1). Wiesel even talked to “Moshe the Beadle”, a “very poor”, religious man, that people didn’t want to get near (1). Elie studied his religion daily, showing the dedication he had, and even talked to the unnormal to learn about his religion. People, at the time, “chatted happily”, and kids “played games on the pavement” (Wiesel 10). This gives a positive vibe, which shows how life was in the beginning. Elie Wiesel also didn’t question what people were saying about the war, but believed it completely. Elie said “No doubt could remain now of Germany’s defeat” showing little belief of other possibilities (Wiesel 6). Overall, Elie was living a very normal teenager