Universal Declaration Of Human Rights In Elie Wiesel's Night

The second world war (WWII) was one of the most widespread and deadliest wars. This lasted for six years from 1939 to 1945, while this was going on, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, causing the Holocaust. Because of this, more than fifty million military and civilians died. At the time, Elie Wiesel was fifteen years old when him and his family were forced to leave their home. Elie Wiesel was one of the few Jews who survived the Holocaust, and later on wrote the memoir Night. In this book, he describes his life in the concentration camps. The Universal Declaration of the Human Rights (UDHR) is a document that contains thirty article that agree that the rights and freedom of people is equally and inalienably entitled. Three years after the war ended, the UDHR was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to prevent these violent acts from happening again. …show more content…
In the memoir Night, the author explains how “Jews were prohibited from leaving their residence for three days, under penalty of death” (Wiesel 10). In addition, Jews were unable to attend to the synagogue, restaurants or cafes, traveling by rail, or being out after six o’clock in the evening (Wiesel 11). Because of this, the Jews rights to life, as well as their freedom were taken away. Forbidding Jews from these acts became inhumane and cruel to their kind. The reason Germans had done this was only because they wanted to annihilate all Jews, solely because of their religion. Therefore, because of these unforgettable acts, the right of life, liberty, and security of a person was