1. During the start of the Holocaust, Sighet Jews failed to believe that Nazi terrorism existed and would affect them. The Sighet Jews had been warned many times by Moishe the Beadle, a street beggar who Elie would see at the synagogue and converse with. Moishe taught Elie about Jewish Mysticism which Elie’s father did not believe he was ready to learn about. Wiesel’s father says “You are too young for that. The Maimonides tell us that one must be thirty before venturing into the world of Mysticism, a world fraught with peril. First you must study the basic subjects, those you are able to comprehend.” Though Elie’s father decided to also mention “There are no Kabbalists in Sighet.”(Wiesel 4) However, Moishe’s lessons to Elie would be taken away as he was classified as a foreign Jew and was forced by the Hungary Police as well as many others to be taken to the Galician Forest.
In the large Galician forest they dug large trenches, and as soon as they were done digging the trenches, they were shot in the head and thrown in the trenches. He had also seen babies thrown in the air, used as shooting targets and Jewish men and woman getting thrown in the back of trucks. Yet Moishe had tried his best to warn the Sighet Jews about the terrors they would soon face. As Moishe tells Elie “You don’t understand… You cannot understand. I was saved miraculously. I succeeded in coming back. Where did I get my strength? I wanted to return to Sighet to describe to you mu death so that you
In the memoir “Night” Elie describes the insanity that some of the fellow prisoners live through during the chain of events that composed the Holocaust. For example, in the beginning of the book a character named Moishe is introduced as a very religious man. After he returns from surviving the camp and being left for dead he starts to warn all the Jews about
The holocaust took its toll on the lives of innumerable people. One particular survivor Elie Wiesel had his entire outlook on life changed not to mention his beliefs feeling and his innocence. His life was once a pleasant and comfort filled life, one with family and friends. A life worth living and a life that was filled with innocence and freedom of religion. He loved his religion as if it was life itself. He wanted to push himself to be more close to God but, that would soon change. As a result during Elie’s experience during the holocaust he changed from a religious, sensitive little boy to a spiritually dead , unemotional man.
In Budapest there were anti-Semitic incidents every day and everywhere, the Jews lived in terror and fear. The Fascists began to attack Jewish shops and synagogues. The Jews in Sighet were not concerned by this serious situation, they believed that the Germans would not come this far, that they would stay in Budapest. In a matter of the days, German soldiers appeared on the streets of Sighet. Elie’s family didn’t pay much attention to the violence of war being reported on the radio. Instead, they only paid attention to the polite Germans in their community; they felt comfortable living amongst the German soldiers. “The officers were billeted in private homes, even in Jewish homes. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant but polite. They never demanded the impossible, made no offensive remarks, and sometimes even smiled at the lady of the house. The optimists were jubilant: ‘Well? What did we tell you? You wouldn't believe us. There they are, your Germans. What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?’ ” (Page 10). The Jews were blinded by the officer’s charm to notice the present danger that would soon
One of the reasons for why the Jews of Sighet are being so ignorant is because they think no human can commit such an inhumane act. Committing one murder is considered to be inhumane, imagine the casualties of about 11 million people... The Holocaust made people realize how inhumane people can be to gain something, which shows the importance of the theme inhumanity. This shows how the conflict relates to the theme of inhumanity. "Moishe was not the same. The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. He no longer mentioned either God or Kabbalah." (7), this shows how the conflict also relates to the theme of loss of innocence. After experiencing terrible incidents in Gestapo, Moishe the Beadle had become quieter and had lost his innocence. Moishe experienced and observed many inhumane acts that took place in the concentration camps. This is shown in the following quote, "Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners, who were forced to approach the trench one by one and offer their necks. Infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine guns." (6) Experiencing this could have a lot of effect to a person mentally, which could lead to the loss of
The Holocaust, a morbid atrocity that made people question humanity, was the cause of millions of deaths. One of those victims of this brutality was Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis along with her family. Although she was merely ordinary, Anne Frank kept a diary which became a significant, historical artifact in the modern world as it details her account of concealing her identity from the outside world. Her story, told in an innocent perspective, allows individuals to reflect the dreadful events of the Holocaust and acknowledge how far we have come since then. Even though she died along with millions of other victims from the Holocaust, her spirit still exists thanks to her articulately written words in her diary which is now considered one of the most famous works of literature. Anne Frank’s legacy still lives on today because her story provides a primary source of a dark period in history, insightful contemplation of humanity, and motivation for people to stand up against unjustified persecution.
Before Elie went to Auschwitz, he possessed many positive character traits, such as being curious, responsible, and disciplined. Weitsel writes, “Together we would read over and over again the same pages of the Zohar. Not to know it by heart but to discover the very essence of divinity” (5). Studying with his tutor and mentor was something Elie loves to do. He grew up in a small town as a strict Orthodox Jew. He loves to learn and read about religion, but he longs to gain a deeper understanding of God and spent many hours with his tutor Moishe, which shows his curiosity for knowledge and discovery. Elie also shows great responsibility in these miserable and anxious times. “Go and wake the neighbors, said my father. “They must get ready…” (Weisel,14). His father asks Ellie to go warn the others in the Ghetto that they must pack their belongings and be ready to leave. Elie’s father trusts him and treats him as an adult. He is often asked to help
In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, Elie goes through many changes, as a character, while he was in Auschwitz. Before Elie was sent to Auschwitz he was just a small child that new little of the world. He made poor decisions and questioned everything. Elie was a religious boy before he went to Auschwitz but while in the camp he became otherwise. Elie writes “Moshe came running to our house. ‘I warned you,’ he shouted” (10). In the excerpt Elie exhibits his poor decision making skills. Elie and his family did not listen to Moishe. This cost them them, because if they would have listened then they could have avoided the concentrations camps. Elie was a young boy, knowing little, he asked questions a lot hoping he could find an answer. In the book Elie says “‘Why do you pray Moishe?’”(Wiesel 4). Elie is not afraid to ask people questions in order to find answers. Elie benefits later in the book because he asked so many questions in the past, he already knows the answers in the future. Elie liked to learn, especially about his
The novel “Night” is a vivid representation of a man’s loss of faith from the beginning to the end of the catastrophic era in which this book takes place. As a young boy Elie’s inquisitive mind directed him to the synagogue where he would study the Kabbalah’s revelations and mysteries. Here is where “Moishe the beadle,” a friend to Elie, would sit with him in the synagogue and they would talk for hours about the intriguing secrets of Jewish mysticism. One important piece of advice that Moishe told Elie was, “There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of the mystical truth.” This simply meant he would need to pursue these answers on his own. However, Elie believed Moishe would help him bind his questions and answers as well, into one. These meetings were interrupted when Moishe was extracted from the Sighet where he experienced malice.
Moishe the Beadle, Elie´s mentor and Kabbalist teacher. He is seized by Hungarian officers, and expelled from Sighet, as he was a foreigner. Moishe details the Jews being moved over the Hungary border, and being taken by the Gestapo. ¨He told me what had happened to him and his companions… The train had
In the beginning of the book, Elie Wiesel introduced Moishe, a poor beadle who greatly impacted how an almost thirteen-year-old Elie reflected on and thought of his religion. As the Nazi power spread into Sighet, Elie’s home, they began to expell foreign
The beginning of the Holocaust seems hopeful for Elie and his family, even though the Hurgarian police take away the foreign Jews that live in Sighet, Elie’s hometown, in cattle cars. Although nobody knows exactly what happens to them, the Jews in Sighet hear that they are in Galicia, working, and “content with their fate” (Wiesel 6). But that is not so, for Moishe, a
One day, Moishe was observing Eliezer pray, and proceeded to ask him “Why do you cry when you pray?”(4). Elie just replied with “I don’t know”, Moishe then asked him why he prayed. This sparked a million thoughts through Ellie's head, “Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”. All he could say is “I don’t know”. This was the first time Elie really got his faith questioned by someone, it was so taboo to him he didn’t know how to react. Faith engulfs Elie’s life, he prays and studies his religion. Moishe is Elie's mentor, showing him and teaching him the Kabbalah revelations, Elie really expected Moishe to help him reach eternity. One day Hungarian police forced all foreign Jews out of their homes and into cattle cars, Moishe was a foreign Jew. Days passed, and one day Elie was in the synagogue and saw Moishe sitting there, he had escaped. Moishe told Elie his horrific experiences of witnessing Jew dig mass trenches only to be their graves. For days he had gone to every Jewish household to warn them about what was coming, no one wanted to believe him, it was
In the book, Elie talks a little about life before the Germans came in and forced them to give up their humanity. During this time, life was fairly normal and Elie spent his time studying the Zohar with a man name Moishe. Even when Moishe was forced to leave, because he was a foreign jew, not much changed; he continued studying the kabbalistic works and building a relationship with god. It isn’t until Moishe’s return that people start becoming slightly worried, but it still wasn’t enough to really cause a stir within the community. Most citizens just assumed Moishe was crazy whenever he tried to tell people his experiences away from the town. When German police came into the city, people finally began to worry. It was known throughout the town that Hitler had planned to destroy the race of jews but people didn’t believe that one man could manage to kill an entire race. For a time people and the police coexisted with some amount of peace, but then came the ghettos.
It was a time in world History when the world was at war. It was the between the super powers, which was known as the Allies and the Axis alliances. The major countries that played a key part in the war was United States, United kingdom, Japan and Germany. Many lives were loss on both fronts during this conflict. It also launch us into a New age of technology war ware, Which is known as the Nuclear Age. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on two major cities in Japan, it changed the hole out come of war. But never the less we must focus on human life, that which was loss during the time the war was taking form. One race of people who suffered the most was the Jews. The question still remain why the German wanted the Jewish race
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