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long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never
shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke
beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to
live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my
dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God
The Holocaust-the mass murder of European Jews by the Nazis during World War II. It
was the unthinkable, the horrific murder of 6 million Jews and millions of civilians of different
ethnic and racial backgrouds. It was average men entering the German army and turned into
Nazis, cold-blooded killers. It was the connotation of Holocaust which became Night, by Elie
Wiesel. This paints a picture, full of vivid imagery and truth, about the genocide of his own
people. Elie witnesses the starvation, brutal beating, and eventual death
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upon the deportation of his village in 1944.
During this time of losing faith in religion and overcoming the tasks put forth by the
concentration camps, Elie finds strength of survival through his relationship with his father and
through hope. ” (101) Elie had become
hardened by his new way of life, and realized that only the fittest would emerge from this
experience still alive and well. ”
Some kinships are not like Elie’s and his father’s. Elie is taught to question God for answers through Moshe’s instruction. The Jews were separated from their loved ones who were
immediately sent to the crematory or burned in large fire pits.
One of the main topics in this book is how Elie, a boy of strong religious faith, along with
many of his fellow jews, lose their faith in God due to the horrific effects of the concentration
camps. This process is concerned with separating the young, strong, and healthy Jews, from the
old, weak, sickly, and/or infants. One of
whom was a child, so mere in weight, whom struggled amidst the others for over an hour before
death came to take him. Here the reader can sense the collosal loss that Elie is overcome by,
having spent the majority of his childhood seeking salvation only to come to realize it was all a
waste of time. Eventually he makes aquaintances with Moshe the Beadle who
takes Elie under his wing, and also instructs him more in depth of the ways of the Talmud and
cabbala. This is a foreshadowing of what will become of Elie’s faith in the strength
and power of God. He feels less and less
remorse for his father and begins to believe that the beatings his father receives for not being
able to peform the various tasks put forth by the S.
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