"No prayers were said over his tomb. ... " I watched darkness fade through the bluish skylights in the roof . ... He talks about the Jewish people doing so much for their God, but why are they being punished? ... "Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my god and my soul and turned my dreams to dust" The violent acts Wiesel witnesses during his stay at the concentration camp not only killed him, but in his eyes, killed his faith in God. ... The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me....

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• Grade Level: High School

Waite The Psychopathic God: Adolph Hitler In Robert G. ... Perhaps Hitler's most profound features were his eyes. ... He thought of time as an enemy and would refuse to wear a watch or concern himself with it. ... All were products of the devil, in his eyes. ... The book, The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler, was extremely interesting to me. ...

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Wiesel also writes a great deal about God. ... When You were deceived by Adam and Eve, You drove them out of Paradise. ... When Sodom no longer found favor in Your eyes, You made the sky rain down fire and sulphur. ... I have even watched documentaries on the subject. ... While others left family members behind in order to better their chance of survival on their own or showed little-to-no emotion for a dying family member or friend, Wiesel stayed by his father's side until the very end -- death. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Night, Elie Wiesel illustrates that after viewing the atrocities through his own eyes, he adopted a new perspective of seeing the world that also affected his personal belief in God. ... The people of the small community of Sighet, Transylvania, did not step forward to defend their neighbour's rights but waited until after deportation to plunder their homes. The citizens of the small town who threw morsels of bread into the cattle cars to watch the bloodthirsty entertainment that ensured did nothing to help. ... Even before the Holocaust began, there were many witnesses to pogroms, o...

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It discusses the post holocaust emotions felt by the refugees who fled from suffering, war and dislocation as they watched the familiar shorelines disappearing. ... The biblical allusions "exile", "offering" and "mercy" underline the notion that the immigrants are at the mercy of God. ... The red imagery represents pain, hardship and blood in the old communist country where they had to "mock salute" to red banners, being bound to the "shackles" and was tired with "sunken eyes". ... Despite the bleak imagery in the poem, there is a glimmer of hope as the immigrants gave thanks to God for their ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Growing up in Tonga, I didn't think that the Holocaust really affected me until I read a couple of books, watched some movies, and discussed what we read and watched with other students in the class. ... Jewish people were persecuted because of their beliefs and the trademark that was placed on them. ... And although the Jews did not believe Jesus was the Christ, they still believed in God and the right to worship as they desired. Yet the very people who were killing them "these Christians "had totally abandoned their beliefs. ... In conclusion, studying the Holocaust has opened...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is expected that the Holocaust survivors would lose faith in God, their determination to go on living, and their reliance in others because of the horrific experiences that they faced day to day. ... A person would question living when he sees the demise of loved ones and fellow Jews right before his eyes. ... Wiesel believes that God exists, and he wonders how God could sit back and watch thousands of His people brutally tortured and murdered. ... These people feel that God is alive and just doesn't care about the Jews and their suffering. ... Maybe God is to blame for their unity...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

People that were chosen to come to these camps were expelled from their homes. Their houses were destroyed for the purpose of building Birkinau. ... They were separated from each other by electrically charged fences that lines their borders. ... The prisoners that were to work, had their clothes taken, heads shaved, got sterilized, and were given black and white striped clothes to wear. ... Tattoos were given to the prisoners on their right arm as an easier way of registration. ! ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Is it possible for a person to be an accessory after the fact to a crime that was committed twenty-four years before they were born? ... First, a link between the two is established by a close up of both Dussander and Todd, each in their own house, laying awake in bed, thinking. ... Then there is a close up of Hitler's eyes, then the story goes to 1984, the time the film begins. ...

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• Grade Level: High School