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(Malstrom Notes). All though many people were part of the killings in the Holocaust I believe the Oath-Takers are more responsible for the Holocaust than just one higher ranking Nazi official, like Rudolf Hoess, the Commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp. One reason I think this is true is because without all the people who took the oath Hitler wouldn’t have the reassurance he needed. Also, without the physical support from the Oath-Takers, the Nazis and Hitler could have never been able…

successfully achieved a complete genocide. The Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide were the most successful genocides in history. “Hotel Rwanda” is a recount of Paul Rusesabagina’s journey to save a thousand Hutus and Tutsis. Elie Wiesel’s trip through concentration camps during the Holocaust is portrayed in the book Night. Paul Rusesabagina and Elie Wiesel both overcame trials and tribulations during genocide while still experiencing their own unique hardships. Having to overcome not only their…

It is part of the human condition to believe; everyone has their own beliefs and values they live by, however, they may change over time due to certain events that take place. Religion is a big part of people’s lives; it influences the decisions that individuals make. Individuals are exposed to all different kinds of religions that are practiced by others. The novel Night, written by Elie Wiesel, portrays himself as a young boy who had more faith in God than anyone or anything else. “..."I…

The Holocaust was when the Nazi Germans decided to destroy the Jews and hold them captive in concentration camps. Many Jews lost their families during the Holocaust, while two boys named Bruno and Shmuel found each other and became friends right away, despite their massive number of similarities and differences. In the book, The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, he reveals a series of similarities between the two boys, Bruno and Shmuel. 1 The two boys are both very naïve about the real…

The prisoners are tightly pressed against one another trying to stay warm in the train car for the night. When the train stops, the SS officers order the prisoners to throw out any dead bodies off of the train. This makes more room in the train, making the prisoners less crowded. Elie’s father is almost thrown off of the train, thought to be dead, but Elie wakes him up by slapping and hitting him over and over again so he opens his eyes just enough to stay on the train. After twenty corpses are…

make someone change or completely lose their faith. This is what happens to Eliezer(Elie) this is what happens when he and his father are sent Auschwitz, then Buna two concentration camps the Nazis used in the Holocaust. Below are quotes describing how Elie’s faith had changed through the course of his stay at the concentration camps. At the beginning of Night Elie had very strong faith. He says, “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (page 4). This represents…

Night Eliezer Weisel and his families’ lives are changed forever when the Nazis invade Eliei’s small village of Sighet. DUring the span of only one year Elie loses all of his family, friends, and well-being. He struggles to keep his humanity, but in 1946 he is finally liberated. Two positive lessons that Elie learns is that he must always hold on to his humanity and that optimism is a powerful thing. All throughout Night, Elie is struggling to holds on to his humanity as he watched his inmates…

In the memoir night, the narrator elie wiesel recounts a moment when he witnessed a boy sending his own father to the furnace. ” He was told to place his father in the furnace” (wiesel 35). This is very cruel for his son to kill his father for his weakness. This shows how inhuman the Germans were to the Jewish people. As the author describes, many other of inhumanity are revealed. Two significant themes related to inhumanity discussed in the book Night by elie wiesel are “lost of faith” and…

Had Elie Wiesel truly loose his faith during the holocaust? In the book Night written by Elie Wiesel; Elie was brought down into the lowest part of his life, life no one would be able to handle. Elie was part of the holocaust, the holocaust made him experience things and remember things. Elie had been through so much it has been hard for him to ever trust anybody or believing in anything. Being put through so much for years who would have faith? Elie loses his faith in himself. He has struggled…

Change is to make or become different. Elie Wiesel’s Night tells the journey of a teenage boy who is put through two concentration camps; Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He goes through a lot of adversity and suffering to make it out alive. He learns that self-preservation is an ally instead of his greatest enemy. But it is after he considers his father to be a burden that he realizes that he has changed. Early on in the book, Eliezer shows that he was more selfless rather than selfish. When given…