Why do people's beliefs change? What would cause a strong believer in God to no longer acknowledge his existence? These changes could be a result of things experienced in a person's life. In Elie Wiesel's book, Night, Elie loses his faith in God because he experienced firsthand the Nazi death camp horrors.

At the age of twelve, Elie Wiesel was a strong believer in God. He read the Talmud daily and visited the synagogue nightly. He even asked his father to find a master to guide him in his studies of the cabbala. (pg.l) Elie made friends with Moshe the Beadle. They talked for hours of the revelations and mysteries of the cabbala. (p. 3) Even when the Nazis began acting unfairly towards him and other Jews, he still kept his faith in God.

When the Germans arrived, they brought with them the anti-Jewish decrees and the ghettos. These things didn't seem to have much effect on Elie. He sat with some of his schoolmates in the Ezra Maik gardens, studying the Talmud. (p. 10) He continued to fast (p. 15) The Nazis beat him and other Jews with truncheon

In Buna, Elie Wiesel experienced more Nazi death camp horrors, like the hangings he was forced to watch. One day, along with many other Jews, Elie had to watch the slow, agonizing death of a pipel. When the pipel finally died, a man behind Elie asked: "Where is God now?" A voice inside of Elie answered that He was there, hanging on the gallows (p. 62) Elie felt that his God was dead and departed from him. The arrival of the Jewish holidays stirred up more rebellious feelings in Elie. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, while the others praised God, Elie could only watch and wonder. He marveled at how they continued to sing praises to the one who allowed them to be senselessly tortured, butchered, gassed, and burned. (p. 64) He recalled past New Year's when the day dominated his life, but now it was like any other day. On Yom Kippur, there were debates over whether they should fast or not. To fast would mean a quicker death. Elie chose not to fast, mainly to please his father. It was also an act of rebellion against God. (p. 66)

Elie first started to lose his faith in God after he arrived in Birkenau. What was in store for

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