Jews in concentration camps were subject to appalling dehumanization while imprisoned. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel offers his testimony of the way Auschwitz captives were treated. German forces dehumanized Jews by stripping them of their identities, transporting them in cattle cars, and treating them as animals to harass for their own enjoyment. The SS rarely referred to the Jews as men. They tattooed each prisoner with a number for identification. These numbers robbed the Jews of their names and therefore their identities. Wiesel was called mostly by his number, A-7713, during his time at Auschwitz. The numbers were mostly used in formalities like roll call and selection. The SS did not use them otherwise. They instead employed labels
