Elie Wiesel's Use Of Dehumanization

The process the Nazis did was called dehumanization which gradually reduced the Jews to nothing more than cattle. First, Wiesel says, “Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy good for nothings!” the Hungarian police were screaming (19). Elie states that they were the first people of hell and death. Second, he also says, ‘The Hungarian lieutenant went around with a basket and retrieved the last possessions from those who chose not to go on tasting the bitterness of fear’ (24). It says that the Hungarian police took the Jews valuables away with force. Thirdly, Wiesel stats, ‘The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally, our illusions’ (29). When they arrived at the