Two Examples Of Dehumanization In Night

The Nazis used dehumanization against the Jews. One example of how they dehumanized them, is they killed older, weaker, and sick people. Another example is they used infants as targets for marksman practice. And the last example is public beatings and killings. The Nazis did not care for the Jews and wanted to see them suffer. In Night, by Elie Wiesel, it explains how through the process of dehumanization that the Jews are being downgraded and turned into nothing.

Sick and older people were often executed because the Nazis thought that they could not work. “In no time, I stood before him. “Your age?” he asked, perhaps trying to sound paternal. “I'm eighteen.” My voice was trembling”(Wiesel 31). This shows how they were picking certain people to work. If the requirements had not been met, the SS officer would say to go to the crematorium. “‘In a few moments, selection will take place. You will have to undress completely. Then you will go, one by one before the SS doctors”’(Wiesel 71). This is another check to see if anyone aged too much. The people that were declared too old or sick would be sent to the crematorium. Many ill and older people were killed, although many infants were involved in dehumanization.

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“Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners, who were forced to approach the trench one by one and offer their necks”(Wiesel 6). Without caring the Nazis ordered Jews to walk to their trench and then killed them. Everyone saw the executions, but were too afraid to run. “The officer wielded his club and dealt him a violent blow to the head. I didn't move. I was afraid, my body was afraid of another blow, this time to my head”(Wiesel 111). This mainly affects Eliezer and his dad. This shows how public beatings turn into many deaths. Public beatings were terrifying, however there were many other people who lost their whole