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    vastly between the two authors. Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi Germany concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945 (Night book.). Elie became motivated to write this novel because he felt he was obligated to share the gruesome experiences felt by Jews during that time period. Many scholars agree that “Elie Wiesel wrote the book "Night" as a memoir of his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. He calls himself a "messenger

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    houses were very small and filled with multiple families. The law enforced strict curfews and laws resulting in death if broken. The housing was filthy and unsuitable for adequate living‚ which usually resulted in large numbers of death by disease. The Nazis saw the Jews as inferior and treated them like animals. The Ghettos emphasized how much the Jewish people were affected by dehumanization. If the Jews survived the Ghettos they

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    Night Elie Wiesel His record of childhood in the death camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald Born in a Hungarian ghetto‚ Elie Wiesel was sent as a child to the nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Night is the story of that atrocity; here he relates his childhood perceptions of an inhumanity that was as painful as it was absolute. Night uses three specific types of narration making it relevant to different sets of people‚ yet somehow the whole world: individualistic - as seen specifically

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    Pajamas‚ written by John Boyle is a fictional novel of the unlikeiest of friendships‚ the son of a Nazi commandant and a Jew suffering in the largest concentration camp. I believe innocence that is created by a sheltered and caring family is an important theme of the novel. Bruno was unaware that his father was a Nazi commander or that he is living right next door to Auschwitz concentration camp. His parents were trying to protect him from hearing the truth or understanding the reality of what

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    1944‚ the Nazis invade the country of Hungary and virtually deport the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. Dr. Nyiszli and his family were rounded up by the SS‚ and deported to Auschwitz. The book starts out as Dr. Nyiszli and his family is in the cable cars headed to Auschwitz‚ as they arrive the “selection” process immediately starts. All the weak‚ old‚ or insane were sent away from the rest of the able body prisoners‚ as the able bodies were all forced to work at the death camps. Dr.Nyiszli

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    he was jewish the nazis sent him to a concentration camp and after he was released at the end of the war he wrote the book night to talk about what happened‚ and how his life had changed significantly throughout the holocaust. Elie wiesel suffered a lot throughout the holocaust. Throughout the book his life changed significantly but it changed the most in the very beginning when he witnessed what the germans were doing and he wasn’t able to convince the others until after the nazis had already come

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    the Distortion of Eye Witness Testimony to Victims of the Holocaust at Auschwitz This European study will analyze the narrative distortions of first-person eyewitness testimony in the killing of SS-guard‚ Josef Schillinger‚ in the Auschwitz concentration camp.. The theoretical premise of “an event without a witness’ will define the distortions of Schillnger’s role and death (by being shot by Franceska Mann) that arise through the “insider testimonies” of Filip Muller and Tadeusz Borowski. The differing

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    of World War II. This story focused on the very controversial events that occurred during this time period‚ such as the concentration camps and the treatment of the Jewish people. When Bruno’s father Ralf is prompted‚ Bruno’s family must move to a new home in the countryside of Berlin‚ located right next to a concentration camp. Once situated‚ Bruno notices the concentration camp located next to their home‚ sparking his interest. Due to Bruno’s creative and adventures nature‚ he disobeyed his father’s

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    an extraordinary man with such a great personality‚ especially after all he had gone through as a child. He has written many novels about his experiences during the Holocaust‚ one of which called Night which tells of his experiences inside a Nazi death camp. His writing has been influential for all audiences by enlightening them on what it was truly like to be a Jew during the Holocaust. Like Elie Wiesel‚ Anne Frank plays a significant role in the Holocaust because of her dream of becoming a writer

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    fought in the Russian campaign but he was so badly wounded that he was considered unfit for the frontline military service. After recovering from his wounded ‚ Mengele volunteered to work in concentration camps. He was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau" ("Josef Mengele History"). This is how Josef Mengele started in the Nazi party and then from there he just got smart out of no where then got his medical degree then was later drafted into the army to fight in the World War II war along side Italy‚ and Japan

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