Torsten Wiesel

came to power in Germany. Hitler’s ideas of a superior race, blond hair and blue eyes, influenced other Germanic citizens into believing in his singular agenda. Unfortunately, over eleven million innocent people who weren’t accepted into his plan suffered his wrath. One was Elie Wiesel. During his treacherous story, Elie suffered the tragedy of separation from loved ones, the complete displacement of his family, and the confusion of his absent God. The victims of the Holocaust endured maltreatment, wished for the sun not to rise in the morning, and prayed for their sanity. In Elie Wiesel’s novel Night, man’s inhumanity to others and the ease at which it happens, explodes from the pages. To remind each other of these atrocities so that history does not repeat itself, Elie Wiesel shared with us his experiences. His cries strike everyone with an unforgettable emotion that is still heard today. Throughout the pages of literature, one is able to endure the sadness and pain of the Holocaust…

From the personal Diary of Anne Frank with her account of what it was like to be in hiding for years before her eventual capture and her upsetting downfall to the story of Night by Elie Wiesel and his story of what happened to him and his family when they were captured and brought to the concentration camps. Those in hiding often did try to flee the nations where they were being captured. But with so many Jews and others looking for escape, this was at times, hopeless. Many did find refuge for a…

During an interview with Elie Wiesel, Oprah Winfrey and him visited one of the most infamous concentration camps during the Holocaust, Auschwitz Concentration camp. Elie Wiesel is a survivor of the Holocaust and a survivor of Auschwitz where he was imprisoned for almost 16 months. Oprah and Elie toured the Concentration Camp as Elie reminisced about the horrible events that took place during his time there. The Holocaust was one of the most tragic genocides in world history. Germany was going…

even fast. At the end of a hard day, Elie said, “We spent the day fasting. But we were not very hungary. We were exhausted” (Wiesel 15). In the Jewish religion on certain days men and women do not eat from dawn until dark. Elie and the others were working all day, but they still have enough time to praise God. The Jewish civilians go on praising God because they know He will save them from horrible place. These civilians all have a common religion which brings them closer together in the…

identities being destroyed and only their will to survive being left intact. One whose identity is altered, even those fortunate enough to survive, still suffer immortally. Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor himself, recounts his experiences being at the hands of a brutal, systematic killing regime in his award-winning memoir, Night. Wiesel’s account of the Holocaust reveals the horrifically severe effects that the experiences had on him, but none more…

In the memoir, “Night”, Elie Wiesel is faced with the struggles of going into concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Buna, and others in late World War II. During the holocaust, because of the lack of modern technology, no other countries knew about what was happening to the Jewish prisoners in these camps. However, Elie Wiesel was not the only one who was struck with devastation in these times of unknown crisis. Other Holocaust victims lost faith in not just their surroundings, but in…

resulted in a modern environmental movement. Her scientific rigor and perspective created substantial depth that led to the debate within the scientific field and the broader world with regard to the effect of pesticides. This paper will discuss how both of these writers have struggled against moral apathy. In the “Night” the author recounts of his life with his father in the concentration camps in Buchenwald and Auschwitz. He was deported to the Nazi German camps together with his mother,…

written by Elie Wiesel. A masterpiece, it is one of the most horrifying memoirs ever written. It’s an autobiography written by Elie himself which makes you imagine his past in World War 2 so vividly. Night is a book that won't let anyone forget about this ugly past. Eliezer, the main character was a very observant boy who was also very dependant on his parents. He was only 15 years old when the Nazis came for 15,000 Jews who lived in his hometown of Sighet, Transylvania, in 1944. Auschwitz is…

The article, “Teens Against Hitler”, by Lauren Tarshis, describes the hardships of Ben Kamm, a Jewish boy, and his family, who like millions of other Jews, perished at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. Ben lived during one of the most terrifying and horrific historical events the world has ever seen, the Holocaust. He and his family managed to survive for a couple of months in the Warsaw Ghetto with a little help from family and friends. Ben had joined the partisans in hope of helping himself,…

Who is Elijah Doughty? Well, the more appropriate and unfortunate question is, who was Elijah Doughty? How could a normal August day, in the small town of Kalgoorlie, end in tragedy for such a young boy?This is Remembering Elijah Doughty. As the story broke, of a 14-year old Kalgoorlie boy passing away, in a collision between a Ute and a small dirt bike (which the boy was riding) the country was shocked. As the day progressed, more information surfaced about the driver of the Ute and how this…