Article three of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" states "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person." This article is violated several times through the novel with emphasis on a few excerpts. Wiesel writes, "First edict: Jews were prohibited from leaving their residences for three days, under penalty of death"(10). The excerpt proves that the liberty and freedoms are taken away from the Jewish community, with the first freedom of leaving their home to be taken away. Later on Wiesel writes of a scenario he experiences in which a man is about to be hung and shouts,"Long live liberty! My curse on Germany! My Curse! My--"(62). The importance of the quote is dramatic when speaking in terms of its irony. This prisoner
