dehumanized by Nazis into a little more than “things”. Graphic images are drawn into our head as a young Elie Wiesel retells what he saw. First of all‚ the Jews were humiliated and treated like second class citizens and even worse than criminals. They had to wear yellow stars to show that they were Jews. “The yellow star? Well what of it? You don’t die of it…” (Wiesel 9) said Elie’s father‚ trying to keep an optimistic perspective. They were also treated like animals‚ being shipped to concentration camps
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was from the history class. At that time‚ my Chinese teacher told me that Jewish were persecuted by Nazi during the Second World War‚ and the reason is because the ruler of Nazi-Hitler hated Jewish. From the video and books‚ there are many pictures about how Nazi persecuted Jewish such as the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. However‚ there always is a mystery puzzled me‚ why were Jewish persecuted by Nazi? From the videos which are talking about the Second World War‚ they are only saying that Jewish are
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Elie Wiesel Look‚ it’s important to bear witness. Important to tell your story. . . . You cannot imagine what it meant spending a night of death among death. —Elie Wiesel The obligation Elie Wiesel feels to justify his survival of a Nazi concentration camp has shaped his destiny. It has guided his work as a writer‚ teacher‚ and humanitarian activist; influ- enced his interaction with his Jewish faith; and affected his family and personal choices. Since World War II‚ Wiesel has borne witness
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Adolf Hitler created Nazis and took aways Jews rights‚ deported them to ghettos and concentration camps‚ and were killed during World War II. The Nazis and Hitler tried to abolish all Jews and go against them because they thought the Jews were the reason for Germany’s crisis. Together the Nazis killed the "largest remaining Jewish population in Europe- the Jews of Hungary." In this documentary‚ it tells the story of the five Hungarian survivors. Many stories are similar to each other. Some of these
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angry if that thing is taken away from us; we throw a tantrum. This is because the toy retains our focus and interest‚ and then it’s just ripped away. Elie Wiesel was prematurely ripped from his world of family and faith‚ forced to the infamous concentration camp of Auschwitz to wither away along with the burned remains of his past and hopes. The drastic change from Wiesel’s rendition of his experiences during the Holocaust‚ Night‚ portrays many themes throughout the entirety of its pages‚ with one
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homosexuals‚ mentally handicapped‚ crippled‚ and gypsies. The holocaust killed more than six million Jews alone. Hitler‚ the leader of the German empire‚ and his army of Nazis and SS troops carried out the ruthless actions of the holocaust. Elie Wiesel is a Jew who went through the terror of the holocaust and its concentration camps. He tells his story in his book Night. Night reveals how Wiesel lost his family‚ faith‚ and innocence to the evil of mankind during the holocaust. Wiesel believes it is
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In Night‚ the oppression from the Nazi party at the concentration camp dehumanizes Elie. First‚ the transportation degrades the jewish people and compares them to animals. The people are forced onto overcrowded cattle cars. Here‚ they must take turns sitting in the stuffy environment for days. Denying people room shows disrespect. Also‚ the group was dehumanized by the gift of “some bread‚ a few pails of water” (Wiesel 22). This suggests the Nazi’s attitude towards the jewish people. To them‚ jews
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ability to survive through harsh environments. Elie Wiesel’s Night represents the dehumanization‚ execution‚ and lack of civil rights of Jews during the holocaust. During the holocaust‚ Jews were brutally mistreated by the S.S. Soldiers at the concentration camps. Dehumanization was one of the many things that was done to the Jews. “Strip! Hurry up! Raus! Hold on only to your shoes and your belt.” “ Their clippers tore out our hair‚ shaved every hair on our bodies.” Execution is also portrayed in the
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Neighborhoods During the Holocaust Before World War II began‚ the Germans and Nazi soldiers surrounded buildings to house people before they left for the concentration camps. These places were only temporary but most lasted for years and still standing. Some of these neighborhoods were not so lucky. These neighborhoods held people‚ and the Germans and Nazi soldiers treated these people’s religion as a race. These were Jewish neighborhoods‚ but they were not just Jewish neighborhoods‚ they were the
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Question #2 During the Holocaust‚ millions of Jews were brutally murdered in Nazi concentration camps; however‚ when the camps were liberated‚ there were many survivors. Among these survivors was a boy named Elie Wiesel. Elie was only fifteen years old when his family was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp‚ and after facing the horrendous events of the Holocaust‚ Elie has written multiple books depicting his struggle‚ started a foundation‚ stood up for other injustices‚ and inspired my
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