Auschwitz

The experience of war is different for all involved. Victims feel pain. They are isolated and forgotten, thinking no one remembers their plight. Especially those who are physically removed from their communities and homes, locked in prisons and concentration camps, unsure of what each moment will hold. And then there are those who watch situations develop and unfold. They read the headlines, feel a momentary sadness as they think about the prisoners, but then move on to the next event in…

Leon and Milo live a pretty normal life in Berlin, Germany. Their lives consist of a repetitive scheme of day to day life; needless to say, Leon and Milo are nothing short of ordinary except for one small secret which they desperately attempt to remain hidden. They are fine young gentlemen, nonetheless. Leon is tall, lean, and topped off with a bushel of brown locks. He is a highly introverted, intelligent, and mature for his seemingly young age of twenty-four but has a keen sense of thought and…

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed” (Wiesel and Wiesel 32). Elie Wiesel is describing the horrific experience of his first night in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was an atrocious event in history where six million Jews were brutally murdered because of their religion (“Holocaust”). The Nazi’s, led by Adolf Hitler, tremendously detested the Jews and wanted to…

One day in Auschwitz, a young man from Warsaw stole during an air raid. Unfortunately, the man was caught and was sentenced to death. Just when the chair was about to be pulled out from under the man he shouted “Long live liberty! My curse on Germany! My curse! My—“(62)…

Wiesel’s father protects and keeps him safe and vice versa. “Don’t be afraid, son sleep you can sleep. I’ll look after you myself” ( Wiesel 66). Wiesel was finally receiving some rest after they left camp Auschwitz and forced to run for miles. Wiesel’s father made sure that Wiesel didn’t sleep for too long for fear the he might not ever wake up again Just as Wiesel’s father Ilibagiza’s father was also protective. “Don’t worry, my sweetheart. I’m here, and…

The nurture theory holds that even though genetics may shape certain abstract traits, environmental factors are the main drive behind human behavior. Elie Wiesel, a renowned Holocaust survivor and author of the human document Night, clearly upholds this nurture theory throughout his book, with his poignant descriptions of the inexpiable events that took place. He lost his innocence because of his horrifying experiences toward the end of World War II. As brutality from the Nazis grows more and…

you know that Nazi Germans killed millions of people in World War II? Many were children, represented as a German boy, Bruno, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy, two fictional characters in the fable Boy in Striped Pajamas. The book takes place primarily in Auschwitz, Poland. This is an unlikely friendship for the two at the time. Bruno and Shmuel’s friendship is genuine even though it’s not what the society at the time wanted . Bruno and Shmuel are different though with their ethnic groups, their…

do remember how he described his horrible experienced when he was sent to the concentration camps. The speaker mentioned that he and his family used to live in Czechoslavakia. However, when the oppression began, him and his family were taken to Auschwitz concentration camp. On the way to this camp, he was forced to take a train with lots of people. He didn’t describe how inhumane the circumstances were in the train, because he was feeling very sentimental. Once he arrived to the concentration…

This section of the book starts out with Elie and his father marching to the new camp of Buna. Buna was located in Monowice, Poland. Most of the occupants of Buna came from Auschwitz and were murdered once they arrived. Elie was one of the lucky ones, he arrived after the mass exodus’. He described the camp as “empty and dead” (pg. 47). The other prisoners agreed that Buna was a lot better than some of the camps, the environment was a lot calmer and safer compared to other concentration camps.…

No food, no water, and no clothes are just the facade of it. “Behind me, someone said, sighing, ‘What do you expect? That’s war…’” (6) is where it all began for Eliezer Wiesel and his family in the memoir Night. Despite the ways Hitler is able to dehumanize the Jews and permits the SS officers to beat Eliezer, along with how others treated each other in acts of survival, Elie escapes the fate of becoming a brute like others. It doesn’t take much to tear a person down. Dehumanization began…