March to Freedom: Edith Singer

Elisabeth Abegg took an important role in saving the Jews. She offered them temporary accommodation in her own home and directed them to hiding spots all around.

“I have not lost faith in God [despite] moments of anger and protest; sometimes I have been closer to him for that reason.” Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel explains the struggle of his changing beliefs in God during the Holocaust in his memoir Night. In Night, Elie Wiesel, a religious boy, is taken to several concentration camps along with other Jews, and separated from everyone in his family except for his father. He and his father live dangerous lives in the concentration camps, from being beaten, watching other prisoners die, and being close to death, until eventually Elie’s father dies and the camp is liberated. As Elie Wiesel’s time in the Holocaust lengthens, his devoutness in God begins to diminish.

Faith is like a little seed; if you think about the positive aspects of a situation, then it will grow, like a seed grows when you water it. However, if the seed does not receive water anymore, it will die, which serves as a parallel to the horrors and antagonism of the concentration camps that killed Elie’s faith. After the analysis of the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, the reader can visualize the horrors and slaughter of millions of innocent people that occurred in concentration camps. Throughout the book, Wiesel explains how his faith in God was tested, as he was forced to leave his home, separated from his family, and observed the death all around him; he even witnessed children being thrown into huge ditches of fire alive. Elie felt abandoned, betrayed, and deceived by the God that he knew who was a loving and giving God. It was then he started to doubt His existence. Elie tried to hold on to his faith, but the childhood innocence had disappeared from within him, and he lost his faith in God completely.

Jews have perished because of their beliefs since the beginning of time but never have so many Jews been persecuted worldwide as they were in World War II. Anne Frank’s diary reaches a place within all of our hearts because it reminds us how easily the innocents can suffer. Sometimes we may choose to close our eyes or look the other way when unjustifiable things happen in our society and Anne’s tale reminds us that ignorance, in part, claimed her life. Sadly, her story is but one of many of those who died in the Holocaust and as with other Jews, her fate was determined by the country she lived in, her sex and her age.

After experiencing life similar to hell on earth for nearly a year very few people could truthfully say that their faith is unscathed. Even in the modern world, people who have not been starved and pushed to work beyond their limits find themselves questioning whether or not there is a god, and if he is a just one. Throughout Night, a Holocaust memoir, it is shown that faith does not only refer to religion, but also the belief that humanity is sympathetic and warm-hearted. Elie Wiesel, author of Night, demonstrates how he loses his faith and watches those around him lose their confidence in God, and each other. Wiesel shares his thoughts with the readers writing how from a very young age he believed profoundly yet within a few months Wiesel finds himself questioning “Where is God?” (61). Loss of faith only propels Wiesel to find the strength within himself to persevere until his day of liberation.

Thesis Statement: The hardships that Elie Wiesel faced in the concentration camps lead him to lose faith, until after when realizing it was crucial to keep faith in God despite the horrendous events of the Holocaust.

Imagine about 1.5 million of kids killed in the holocaust and up to 6 millions Jews died. The people in the holocaust has to question their faith of all the apprehension that made people grip on their faith in their crisis. Many Jewish people in the book Night, by Elie Wiesel had seen and been through the shocking horrors that shaken their faith. In the book people tried to survive the chamber while maintaining their faith. Shocking events that are currently happening in today's society that made people struggle to maintain faith they once had because of an act of violence, war, and death. In the book Night the theme “struggle to maintain faith” is admissible in today society.

Can you imagine having everything stripped away from you, your friends, family, and all basic rights, all of it seeming like one long never ending night. Barely anyone today could, however this was a reality for Elie Wiesel, author of the award winning book Night. The book is a wonderful insight to the events of the holocaust. It is filled with grueling instances of survival, family, and even the inhumanity of man, however another kind of torture that is slightly less obvious is constantly referenced throughout this autobiography, and that is the loss of faith. Although this theme may seem less prevalent, it is in my opinion the most important one in all areas including importance to Elie Wiesel, prominence in the

The struggles with faith during the Holocaust World War 2 had cost over 10 million lives. Six million were Jews, who were placed into concentration camps. Over the course of the Holocaust, many Jews had undoubtedly questioned their faith. During such a difficult occurrence, mental strength can be one of the only things that saves you. Some even gave up on God entirely.

During the Holocaust, about six million Jews died. Some were taken to concentration and execution camps, such as Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Chelmno. Others were kept in ghettos with terrible living conditions in order to segregate them from the rest of society. Regardless of the suffering, these people miraculously managed to keep their head up and look on the bright side. To some, it may be a mystery of how they stayed strong. However, it is clear that love, nature, and humor allowed human spirit to triumph during the Holocaust.

Jews were made to wear yellow material patches sewn onto their external garments to recognize them as Jews. This open embarrassment raised to apprehension of imprisonment and at last to genuine and passing hazard. Prior to the attack, Edith had experienced passionate feelings for a young fellow named Pepi. He had "Aryan" papers that kept him safe. After the Nazis assumed control over the city, Edith's family was isolated and Edith got herself alone and in awesome danger. Pepi would not leave the city with her, so Edith left all alone. She in the long run twisted up in a homestead camp where she works from dawn to nightfall without trust and little to

Anne is arrested with the eight other people in the secret Annex including the helpers Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler in 1944. She is then taken to Camp Westerbork with the other residents from the secret annex, and transferred to Auschwitz a month later. In Auschwitz the men and women were separated, and Otto frank never saw the rest of his family since. Anne’s work at the labor camp of Auschwitz consisted of for example transporting heavy stones and grass mats. After a few months of hard work in Auschwitz, Anne and her sister Margot are transferred to another camp called Bergen-Belsen, but this time their mother cannot come with them. Shortly after their transfer, Edith Frank falls ill and dies in Auschwitz in 1945. Camp Bergen-Belse

Edith was with her family in England but had to move back to Belgium where she joined the Red Cross. As part of the German Schlieffen plan, the Germans invaded Belgium and Brussels was under very strict German rule. Many of the British soldiers were stuck, sick or lost from the allied forces. Edith Cavell then decided to aide the men and get them back on their feet. She hid them in the hospital safe houses around Belgium so they weren’t found.

Before the Holocaust, Jewish people had ordinary lives. Children went to school, parents went to work or owned their own business. They carried on spiritual traditions and strived for their own goals. During the Holocaust though, Jews lost the meaning of life (Michalczyk 177). They were considered useless and a burden to the Germans. This was continuously beat into their minds not only mentally but also physically (Michalczyk 177). Some were able to beat these thoughts though. They did this by holding on to what Hitler was trying to destroy: their religion (Michalczyk 177). Jews kept religion and faith in their daily lives during the Holocaust because it brought them purpose and hope in order to try

The Holocaust is a big part of history and should never be forgotten. This article is a story of Jadzia life who did not give up. Jadzia sees herself as a survivor of the Holocaust. She made it though camp after camp and walked her way to freedom (2005). I got a chance to go to the Museum of Tolerance and got to see what some of these people had to go though. This is one of the saddest parts of our history. To know that children were killed because what they looked like. One thing that I did