Violated Virtues In Elie Wiesel's Night

Violated Virtues “Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even those crematories….” - Chlomo Wiesel (Night, chapter 3). Today, not many people know about the ordeal the Jews and many other people suffered during the Holocaust. The book Night by Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, is a memoir that describes Elie’s experience during the Holocaust. Referencing to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many rights were violated in Night. The human rights that were being violated were the right to life, liberty, and personal security. Along with the freedom from slavery, and the freedom from interference of the human rights. One of the human rights that were violated in Night is the right to life, liberty, and personal security. This can be demonstrated in chapter 1 of Night. “The Jews had to get out and climb into lorries. The lorries drove toward a forest. The Jews were made to get out. They were made to dig huge graves. And when they finished their work, the Gestapo began theirs. Without …show more content…
This can be demonstrated in chapter 1 of Night. “My father had accompanied the deportees as far as the ghetto's gate. They first had been herded through the main synagogue, where they were thoroughly searched to make sure they were not carrying away gold, silver, or any other valuables. There had been incidents of hysteria and harsh blows.” It can also be demonstrated in chapter 3 of Night. “Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even those crematories….” Acquired from the text, both quotes from Night show that the Jews’ rights were being interfered with by the Nazis. In the first quote, the Gestapo violates their rights by taking their belongings by force. In the second quote, the Nazis violate their rights by making them feel as they have no personal