Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Jews were persecuted, tortured, and massacred in concentration camps (“The Holocaust” 1). Elie Wiesel's Night 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 of 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 the reader to ensure that a travesty like the Holocaust never happens again. Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel grew up in a small Hasidic community in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now Romania. Wiesel continued his religious studies in a yeshivah during his childhood (“Elie Wiesel-Biography” 1). Nazi Germany invaded the city in 1994 and brought the city of Sighet into the Holocaust. The Jewish community was identified, its property was confiscated, and it was ghettoized (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). The Germans forced Jews living in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania to move 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 in Auschwitz camp. Wiesel and his father were separated from the rest of the family and sent to Buna-Monowitz, the forced labor section of Auschwitz (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). Wiesel and his father lived in horrible, inhumane conditions in the camp. In January 1945 they were forced to undertake a death march to Buchenwald, Germany, where h...... middle of paper ...... occurred during the Holocaust in Wiesel and allows the reader to better understand the serious tragedy of the Second World War and the Holocaust. Works Cited"Elie Wiesel (American Author)." Encyclopedia Britannica online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. March 20, 2014. "Elie Wiesel Biography." 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 and Web Television Networks. March 19, 2014. .Wiesel, Elie. Night. Trans. Marion Wiesel. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Print.

Topic > Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Jews were persecuted, tortured, and massacred in concentration camps (“The Holocaust” 1). Elie Wiesel's Night 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 of 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 the reader to ensure that a travesty like the Holocaust never happens again. Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel grew up in a small Hasidic community in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now Romania. Wiesel continued his religious studies in a yeshivah during his childhood (“Elie Wiesel-Biography” 1). Nazi Germany invaded the city in 1994 and brought the city of Sighet into the Holocaust. The Jewish community was identified, its property was confiscated, and it was ghettoized (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). The Germans forced Jews living in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania to move 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 in Auschwitz camp. Wiesel and his father were separated from the rest of the family and sent to Buna-Monowitz, the forced labor section of Auschwitz (“Elie Wiesel (American Author)” 1). Wiesel and his father lived in horrible, inhumane conditions in the camp. In January 1945 they were forced to undertake a death march to Buchenwald, Germany, where h...... middle of paper ...... occurred during the Holocaust in Wiesel and allows the reader to better understand the serious tragedy of the Second World War and the Holocaust. Works Cited"Elie Wiesel (American Author)." Encyclopedia Britannica online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. March 20, 2014. "Elie Wiesel Biography." 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 and Web Television Networks. March 19, 2014. .Wiesel, Elie. Night. Trans. Marion Wiesel. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Print.