Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Jews were persecuted, tortured, and massacred in concentration camps (“The Holocaust” 1). Night by Elie Wiesel is a powerful memoir of his experiences during the Holocaust. Night shows the tragedy of the Holocaust through the use of literary devices including the themes of loss of faith and cruelty towards other human beings, night as a symbol of suffering and fear and the use first person narrative. Night allows the reader to connect emotionally with the victims of the Holocaust, encourages them to never forget the injustice of the Holocaust, and implores them to ensure that a travesty such as the Holocaust never happens again Never. Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel grew up in a small Hasidic community in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now Romania. Wiesel pursued religious studies in a yeshiva during his childhood (“Elie Wiesel-Biography” 1). Nazi Germany invaded in 1994 and plunged the town of Sighet into the Holocaust. The Jewish community was identified, its property was confiscated and ghettoized (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). The Germans forced Jews residing in Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania to be transferred to concentration camps in Poland. At the age of fifteen, Wiesel and his entire family were deported to Auschwitz (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). Wiesel's mother and sister were killed at the Auschwitz camp. Wiesel and his father were separated from the rest of their family and sent to Buna-Monowitz, which was the forced labor area of Auschwitz (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). Wiesel and his father lived in horrible and inhumane conditions in the camp. In January 1945, they were forced on a death march to Buchenwald, located in Germany, where...... middle of paper ......cursed during the Holocaust in Wiesel and allows the reader to better understand the serious consequences of the Holocaust. tragedy of World War II and the Holocaust. Works Cited “Elie Wiesel (American author)”. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, nd Web. March 20, 2014. “Biography of Elie Wiesel.” Academy of Achievement.Np, nd Web. March 20, 2014. “Elie Wiesel-Biography.” Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, and Web. March 19, 2014. “The Holocaust.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, and Web. March 19, 2014. .Wiesel, Elie. Night. Trans. Marion Wiesel. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Print.

Essay / Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Jews were persecuted, tortured, and massacred in concentration camps (“The Holocaust” 1). Night by Elie Wiesel is a powerful memoir of his experiences during the Holocaust. Night shows the tragedy of the Holocaust through the use of literary devices including the themes of loss of faith and cruelty towards other human beings, night as a symbol of suffering and fear and the use first person narrative. Night allows the reader to connect emotionally with the victims of the Holocaust, encourages them to never forget the injustice of the Holocaust, and implores them to ensure that a travesty such as the Holocaust never happens again Never. Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel grew up in a small Hasidic community in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now Romania. Wiesel pursued religious studies in a yeshiva during his childhood (“Elie Wiesel-Biography” 1). Nazi Germany invaded in 1994 and plunged the town of Sighet into the Holocaust. The Jewish community was identified, its property was confiscated and ghettoized (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). The Germans forced Jews residing in Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania to be transferred to concentration camps in Poland. At the age of fifteen, Wiesel and his entire family were deported to Auschwitz (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). Wiesel's mother and sister were killed at the Auschwitz camp. Wiesel and his father were separated from the rest of their family and sent to Buna-Monowitz, which was the forced labor area of Auschwitz (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). Wiesel and his father lived in horrible and inhumane conditions in the camp. In January 1945, they were forced on a death march to Buchenwald, located in Germany, where...... middle of paper ......cursed during the Holocaust in Wiesel and allows the reader to better understand the serious consequences of the Holocaust. tragedy of World War II and the Holocaust. Works Cited “Elie Wiesel (American author)”. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, nd Web. March 20, 2014. “Biography of Elie Wiesel.” Academy of Achievement.Np, nd Web. March 20, 2014. “Elie Wiesel-Biography.” Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, and Web. March 19, 2014. “The Holocaust.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, and Web. March 19, 2014. .Wiesel, Elie. Night. Trans. Marion Wiesel. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Print.

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