Elie Wiesel describes this from his point of view in his autobiography, Night. Wiesel, as a boy, was sent to concentration camps with his family. ... Idek claimed that Elie's father was being "lazy" and "not working hard." ... One January, Elie's right foot began to swell due to the cold. ... When Elie awoke on January 29 at dawn, his father was gone. ...
In the novel "Night," by Elie Wiesel, the horrors of the holocaust are illustrated by someone who experienced them first hand. ... One of the main symbols within the novel is simply the symbol of night. The author makes clear to the fact that the most dreadful events take place during night-time, like the night they were transported to Auschwitz, for example. ... Though, night-time was the least of their worries on this fearful night. ... It is a miracle that Elie was able to share his experiences with the rest of the world....
Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, is a survivor of the Holocaust. ... " (Wiesel, 57-59) It is a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and ran by the Third Reich in Polish areas. ... The tattooing process would be very painful for many, including Elie Wiesel. Wiesel said, "I don't think anything else in my life could've been as painful as the needle they used to tattoo our skin." (Wiesel, 106) Some were not only tattooed their serial number, but also the letters, "KL....
The process of ghettoization has been related in the stories of many of the survivors of the death marches, many of who lived through ghettoization in Hungary and Poland under the directives of Adolph Eichmann (Wiesel). ... Some social theorists have argued that the narratives of the death marches, including the reflections outlined in Elie Wiesel's Night, often relate an initial sense of fear in the Jewish community, but not a fear that the end results of these marches would be the mass extermination of the population. It was not until individuals like Wiesel experienced the death marc...
