The Destruction Of The Holocaust

Elie Wiesel’s autobiography Night is an account of the brutality of the Holocaust faced by Elie at the age of fourteen to fifteen and the horrors he endures. Night exposes much that is wrong with human nature and reveals little that is right. During the novel, he endures loss of faith as his experience within the Holocaust becomes more difficult. The elements wrong with human nature are represented by the novel, particularly the cruelty and the ignorance. The autobiography, however, only represents little that is right, such as the memory kept in order for the events never to happen again.

Over 5 million people died between 1933 and 1945. Additionally, around half of these deaths happened in a concentration camp. This point in time is commonly referred to as the Holocaust. In Elie Wiesel’s book "Night” that documents Elie Wiesel’s struggles in a ghetto and then being transported throughout Germany to these awful places that are made for death. However, in the novel “Night,” Elie Wiesel uses dialog, ellipses, and symbolism to show the bond he has with his father. (73)

Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography about his experience during the Holocaust when he was fifteen years old. Elie is fifteen when the tragedy begins. He is taken with his family through many trials and then is separated from everyone besides his father. They are left with only each other, of which they are able to confide in and look to for support. The story is told through a series of creative writing practices. Mr. Wiesel uses strong diction, and syntax as well as a combination of stylistic devices. This autobiography allows the readers to understand a personal, first-hand account of the terrible events of the holocaust. The ways that diction is used in Night helps with this understanding.

As said by Audrey Hepburn; “Living is like tearing through a museum, not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can’t take it in all at once.” In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, the Holocaust took place in an order of layers. As time passed, the extremity was increased each chapter he succumbed to. Elie expresses raw emotion in his memoir, Night, and leaves you in a complete, utter state of wonder and sadness. Not only this, but remembering and cherishing the importance of all the emotions from this time in history. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, the theme of remembering is present before the Holocaust and in today’s society.

Traumatic and scarring events occur on a daily basis; from house fires to war, these memories are almost impossible to forget. The Holocaust is only one of the millions of traumas that have occurred, yet it is known worldwide for sourcing millions of deaths. Elie Wiesel was among the many victims of the Holocaust, and one of the few survivors. In the memoir, “Night”, by Elie Wiesel, Elie, the main character, is forever changed because of his traumatic experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camps.

Many themes exist in Night, Elie Wiesel’s nightmarish story of his Holocaust experience. From normal life in a small town to physical abuse in concentration camps, Night chronicles the journey of Wiesel’s teenage years. Neither Wiesel nor any of the Jews in Sighet could have imagined the horrors that would befall them as their lived changed under the Nazi regime. The Jews all lived peaceful, civilized lives before German occupation. Eliezer Wiesel was concerned with mysticism and his father was “more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin” (4). This would change in the coming weeks, as Jews are segregated, sent to camps, and both physically and emotionally abused. These changes and abuse would dehumanize

The early 1940s, an observant, young boy, and his caring father: the start of a story that would become known throughout the world of Eliezer Wiesel. His eye-opening story is one of millions born of the Holocaust. Elie’s identity, for which he is known by, is written out word for word his memoir, Night. Throughout his journey, Elie’s voice drifts from that of an innocent teen intrigued with the teachings of his religion to that of a soul blackened by a theoretical evil consuming the Nazis and Hitler’s Germany. Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night, examines the theme of identity through the continuous motifs of losing one’s self in the face of death and fear, labeling innocent people for a single dimension of what defines a human being, and the oppression seen in the Holocaust based on the identities of those specifically targeted and persecuted.

In 1940 , Hungary annexed sighet and the wiesel’s were among the jewish families and forced to live in the ghettos.May 1944,Nazi Germany with the Hungary’s agreement, forced jews living in Sighet to be deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. At the age of Fifteen Wiesel’s family were sent to Auschwitz as part of the holocaust, which took the lives of more than 6 million jews. Wiesel’s family was affected during the holocaust, all jews were forced to have their heads shaved and a number tattooed on their heads after all the men left the barber they were all standing around naked finding acquaintances and old friends, they are joyful at finding each other still alive. Elie Wiesel’s Night highlights the overarching issues of discrimination toward the Jews as they are forced to abandon their lives and face a death that consumer their existence, relationships and faith.

The Holocaust was a time of endless suffering, death, and despair. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, recalls his own journey during the most dreadful and devastating time of the century. Through this massive tragedy, Elie learns that humanity isn’t as beautiful as it seems. In his tragic memoir, Night, author Elie Wiesel demonstrates that no matter how hard we work for something it sometimes doesn’t pay off.

While Elie Wiesel, a Jewish boy subjugated to the violence of the Holocaust in Night, embarks on his atrocious journey in struggling to survive the brutality perpetrated on him, he loses his innocence in the traumatic circumstances. Wiesel’s main aspiration of writing about his development from childhood to adulthood is to showcase how cruelty within society can darken innocents’ souls. As Elie grows throughout the story, he starts to understand that he has changed from a pure, little child to a young man filled with distress and thoughts of danger. He reflects over what kind of individual he has evolved into because of the all the killings and torture he has witnessed: “I too had become a different

Elie Wiesel; a father, an author, and a survivor of one of history's most horrific plagues of dehumanization against a race of people. During World War II, Adolf Hitler leads a movement that robbed the Jewish people of everything they had, beginning with personal belongings and ending with their humanity. The infamous and brilliant German icon rose to power with this bloodthirsty mission, and he nearly succeeded. Where does a person begin when considering the terrors committed in his name, the blood on his hands; do we start with the dead, the genocide, or do we name the survivors? Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night’ stands as a beacon, shining this unbelievable light on the atrocities suffered throughout the Holocaust. Within the confining concentration camps, the Jewish people were beaten, broken, and shown what humanity is truly capable of. When an entire race became the country’s scapegoats, they lost so much more than just their humanity, their identity was stolen when the tattoos stained their skin.

The Holocaust is by far the worst genocide ever committed, with between 5 and 6 million Jews murdered; along with countless other minorities the Germans deemed inferior (The Holocaust Chronicle Appendices). The Holocaust began with the boycott of Jewish businesses, and ended in camps such as Auschwitz. The destruction of the Jews was made possibly with the rise of Adolf Hitler to power, as he and his fellow Nazi followers attempted to exterminate the Jewish populace of Europe. In the paragraphs to follow I will attempt to explain the reasons, as well as the implications of the Holocaust.

The destruction of the Jews in the early 1930’s was incanting. Who could ever imagine going through torture as the Jews and anyone else that was not a Nazi went through at this time? The Holocaust was a dark time in the history of the 20th century. Without pictures and stories from the commander himself no one would ever believe that any man would have so much evil in his heart to do such things. The Jews were made a mockery of by determining their own fate, stripping them of their clothing, using them as slaves and starving them to death. The Nazi were responsible for more than just killing the Jews but for destroying their beliefs, families and rights as human beings.

Imagery about the Holocaust usually brings to mind leaping flames of destruction, yellow Stars of David, and trains arriving at Auschwitz. The total destruction of the Jewish people was a central goal of the Nazis. It is so hard for people today to understand the various parts of this genocide or really to comprehend what it means. Yet, despite the horrible fate that befell the millions of victims, we also need to remember the individual actions taken by average people. Throughout this time of the Nazi invasion, there were people such as Chiune Sugihara, Pere Marie-Benoit, and Miep Gies, each of whom, in a very personal way, changed outcomes and saved lives. In the overall statistics of death, the numbers they saved were tiny, but in reality, their actions echo humanity today. They proved that individuals have the power to impact the world, even under the most horrific circumstances.

Elie Wiesel; a father, an author, and a survivor of one of history's most horrific plagues of dehumanization against a race of people. During World War II, Adolf Hitler leads a movement that robbed the Jewish people of everything they had, beginning with personal belongings and ending with their humanity. The infamous and brilliant German icon rose to power with this bloodthirsty mission, and he nearly succeeded. Where does a person begin when considering the terrors committed in his name, the blood on his hands; do we start with the dead, the genocide, or do we name the survivors? Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night’ stands as a beacon, shining this unbelievable light on the atrocities suffered throughout the Holocaust. Within the confining concentration camps, the Jewish people were beaten, broken, and shown what humanity is truly capable of. When an entire race became the country’s scapegoats, they lost so much more than just their humanity, their identity was stolen when the tattoos stained their skin.