Night Elie Wiesel Holocaust. Even this word alone can dredge up ominous feelings of dread. “Such a terrible thing that happened,” we might say. The truth of the matter is we cannot even begin to fathom the true depths of the events that took place during that time period. Elie Wiesel has tried to give life to these sensations in his book titled Night. The autobiography opens in the town of Signet, Translyvania, at the …showed first 75 words of 1788 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1788 total…homosexuals, gypsies, dissenting clergy, and political prisoners) were killed also. (Chamberlin 5) Night tells the story of people who were destroyed because they were Jews, they were innocent victims. These people had done nothing and yet were tortured, degraded, and liquidated for no reason other than they were Jews. Wiesel is a witness to all the horrible things. The death of his family, the death of his childhood and the death of his God. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**