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    quote shows how the concentration camp defeated Eliezer after the liberation rather than viewing himself as a strong powerful survivor. Though Eliezer did not actually die at the end, Eliezer died was with the death of his faith. During the holocaust, he broke his leg. He had to choose between leaving or staying in Auschwitz’s infirmary.…

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    father managed to stay together through the “selection” period. In line to the selection of either work or cremation in the camp was the last time Elie ever saw his mother and sister Tzipora. Elie and his father managed eight cruel months before on January 29, 1945 Elie’s father from dysentery, starvation, and exhaustion. Elie survived until April 11th, 1945, when his concentration…

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    Wiesel suffered much tragedy and loss throughout his time during the camps; he was appreciated for his skills and knowledge on the terrifying subject later in his life. He grew up in Romania where he spent most days studying the Kabbalah and the rest with his three sisters. In 1944 his family and others were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland where millions of Jews were sent to work or die. After the camp was liberated in April of 1945, he wrote multiple books and…

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    name I figured it would be a horror story, never the less, I was wrong for the most part. “Night” is an autobiography by a man named Eliezer Wiesel. The autobiography is a rather unsettling record of Elie’s early life in the Nazi concentration camps, such as Buchenwald and Auschwitz, during world war two. Even though “Night” is Elie Wiesel’s supposed first person narrative about his experiences in the Holocaust, he is not exactly the main character who is speaking. “Night” is narrated by a boy…

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    Auschwitz was built by the Nazis as both a concentration camp and death camp. It was the largest of the Nazi 's camps and the biggest killing center ever created. In Auschwitz, 1.1 million people were murdered. It became a symbol of death during the Holocaust and the destruction of European Jewish population. (Rosenberg, J. n.d.) Auschwitz included three main camps, all of which forced prisoners into labor. One of the camps also worked for an extended period of time as a killing center.…

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    were ordered by Hitler to gather all Jews. The Jews are moved to concentration camps, first to Auschwitz then to Buchenwald. The Holocaust was a horrifying time for the Jews. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, he captures the story of his and his father’s struggle for their freedom. Jews were treated as they were inferior to the guards and Hitler. In addition, Elie experiences dramatic events in the camps. The longer he stays in the camps, the more he is discriminated and reminded that he isn’t…

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    Language 8 7 March 2017 Concentration Camps Concentration camps played a major role during the Holocaust. The effects that concentration camps had on people were very harsh leaving the people around traumatized and worried for what was to come. No one really knew what to expect from these concentration camps until they were there. These camps were inescapable. This situation of concentration camps really changed the way people chose to execute people…

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    them of Sleep, shelter, and food. The Nazi army dehumanized the Jewish people by depriving them of physiological needs. Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and Buchenwald were the main concentration camps that Elie was sent to. Being that food, sleep, and shelter are the main sources of life, they were stolen` from everyone in the concentration camps. “ We never ate enough to satisfy our hunger” ( Page 23). “ I became A-771. From then on, I had no other name” ( page 42).…

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    survive the concentration camps during the Holocaust. In the world today, there are many tragedies that happen every single day such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and fires, where people lose friends, families, homes and their valuables. The theme “Emotional Death is very evident in the book night by Elie Wiesel, and is still very evident in the world today. The first example from Night of the theme “Emotional Death” is when Moishe was trying to warn others about the concentration camps, but no one…

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    love able to drive someone through not only life's everyday challenges but also some form of hell that is beyond what everyday life challenges one may face. Elie Wiesel was a young Jewish boy who was thrown into Auschwitz one of the most brutal concentration camp through out all of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel lived a nightmare during the holocaust, the nightmare he depicts in Night. Many wonder what kept him alive through the horrific physical and psychological torture. Wiesel made it clear that…

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