Crematory

Eliezer’s struggle to maintain faith in a Benevolent God- Throughout the holocaust people’s trust in God was put to the test. Before Eliezer was abducted from his home and became a prisoner of the concentration camps, his certainty and unconditional worship was absolute. At the age of twelve he said that he “believed profoundly. During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.” (Page 1) When he was asked, “Why do you pray?” by…

had the least deaths of 61,000 Jews (¨Auschwitz¨). Auschwitz-Birkenau was the deadliest death camp. Auschwitz differed from others because it had higher technology compared to the other camps. Auschwitz had the gas chambers underground, and a crematory where the bodies would burn after being gassed (Holocaust Education). Over one million Jews were gassed in this camp (¨Auschwitz¨). In 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz (Shuter, Prelude, 2003a). Hitler told the SS…

In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel I believe that the theme of the story is centered around Elie’s loss of faith and loyalty towards both his father and God. However in order for Elie to clearly develop this theme he used author’s craft. Author’s craft is the use of literary techniques and features that an author provides in order to persuade, apprise or prompt anything/ anybody. By using author's craft, Elie was able to compose a vivid and horrifying autobiography regarding his hard times…

The Holocaust would not have been as destructive without the planning and execution of the Final Solution. It is the foundation on which the Holocaust is based upon and all that had happened during this depressing time. The Final Solution was a major factor in what the Holocaust stood for and what the intentions of the Germans were for the Jews. To begin with, The Final Solution was the plan implemented on the annihilation of all the Jews in the German society. The Final Solution was carried out…

In the novel, Night, written by Elie Wiesel, a true story is narrated about the author’s experience of Hitler’s inhumane Holocaust. Living through this tragic event in history, Wiesel was only sixteen and one of few who escaped the grasp of death that millions of Jews did not. With almost dying from starvation, frostbite, thirst, and beatings, Wiesel miraculously survived Hitler’s bloodbath and later wrote about his traumatizing past in the concentration camps. The inhumane acts of Hitler’s…

During the period of World War 2, a genocide was going on behind the scenes of the war. The Nazi party that had power in Germany at the time believed that they were the superior race and that the Jews were an inferior race to them and a major threat. Even though the Jews were a major target of the Nazi Regime, they were not the only race that they were trying to wipe out. They also targeted Gypsies, the physically and mentally disabled, non-europeans, etc. All these people that the Nazi…

in cremation. A funeral for a Chinese person varies based on their wealth and the daughter pays for it. During the wake, visitors donate money to show their respect and to help assist with funeral costs. In Hindu funerals, only men go to the crematory where the oldest son performs a ritual circling the body three times, each time a family member hits a kumbha knocking a hole in it, releasing water signifying the soul leaving the body. Twelve hours later the men return to gather the ashes to…

The holocaust is introduced as one of the most horrifying historical and theological crises of the twentieth century; Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Treblinka are some of the names that elicited horrors of these events. The combination of deaths and agony that occurred in these concentration camps and others exceeded more than any encountered before. The Holocaust desensitized and created hollowness in many of those who survived. Elie Wisel is one of those survivors. Night is a novel of Elie…

Night Voice Essay “Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories…”(30) Elie Wiesel narrates his struggle inside the concentration camps and describes the importance of keeping his humanity. He uses vivid imagery and detail, dialogue, and questions throughout the story to convey his image. His use of a first person point of view lets the reader see the horrific story of his own personal experience in one of the most…

Throughout the entirety of humanity, faith plays a vital role in determining one’s identity and character. This is portrayed especially well throughout the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, wherein Elie is constantly conflicted with the idea of a benevolent god. Within the memoir, faith is a consistent and recurring theme which drives the life and characterization of the author throughout the unbelievably inhumane events which are the Holocaust. These incredibly horrid incidences deeply change Elie,…