What Human Rights Were Violated In Night By Elie Wiesel

Human rights are the rights that are believed to belong to every person. In some situations, these rights can be violated. For instance, the Jews in the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, the Jews were refused bread, forced to work in harsh conditions, and had to endure hours of intense physical activity. In the Memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel, it is clear that the Holocaust violated human rights. There are many ways that the Jews basic human rights were violated. One way was when they were refused food. In the memoir it states, “We were given no food. We lived on snow; it took the place of bread.” (Wiesel, 94). Food is a necessity of life. When someone is refused food, they are refused basic needs. Therefore the Jews human rights were violated. …show more content…
Many did not survive the working conditions. In the memoir it says “‘You lazy old devil!’ Idek began to yell. ‘Do you call that work?’ And he began to beat him with an iron bar.”(Wiesel 52). This was an extremely harsh working condition that many Jews had to endure. Many dealt with terrible treatment from overseers. This is just one of many ways that the human rights of the Jews in the Holocaust were violated. In the Holocaust, many Jews were killed in selection. During selection, the Jews were forced to run for hours. If you didn’t run fast enough you were shot. In the memoir it states “ My Head was spinning: you’re too thin, you’re weak, you’re too thin, you’re good for the furnace… The race seemed interminable. I thought I had been running for years…” (Wiesel 68) Elie was worried that he might not be good enough for the camp and would be shot. Selection is a major violation of human rights because it chose if you lived or