Night

A detailed Summary of Night

In 1933, Adolf Hitler, a terrifying man came to power, and destroyed the lives of many people all over the world. In the novel Night by Elie Weisel, he tells the terrifying story of life in concentration camps that he and his family suffered. He survived famine, forced labor, beatings, and witnessed multitudinous executions. Throughout all of this he also lost his family and religious faith, which were extremely important to him. Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust but his soul remains there with the memories.

Wiesel and his family lived in a small town called Sighet. Elie Wiesel studied the Talmud during the day and spent most evenings at the Synagogue. He was very religious and strong in his faith. At twelve, Wielsel was asking to study the Cabala, which is normally studied at thirty. His parents believed he should be in school. He became a friend with Moshe the Beadle, Who started to teach him the Zohar.

One day all foreign Jews were deported from Sighet. They all were packed into a cattle train and taken away, this included Moshe. Life went back to normal and the town of Sighet soon forgot about the deportees. Elie seen Moshe sitting outside of the synagogue and Moshe began to tell him what he had experienced. He

No one knew of Auschwitz, but they soon would learn. Two men in their boxcar were sent to get water. They exchanged a gold watch for some information. The men were told that were getting out there and going to a labor camp. They were told that it was a good camp, no family separation, only the young people would work in the factories, and the old would be kept busy farming.

When night fell the train moved again but only for a short period. When looking out they saw barbed wire and knew they were at the camp. Madame Schachter began to scream wildly "Jews, look! Look through the window! Flames! Look! For the first time they all saw the flames. They were coming out of tall chimneys against a black sky. They also noticed a horrible odor in the air. They were at Birkenau, reception area for Auschwitz. There was fire in front of them and they could smell burning flesh. Every couple yards there was an SS soldier with a gun. When they first arrived, some talked about revolting but we discouraged by their parents. The talk of revolt stopped. They were asked a few questions and then either directed to the left or right. They were not sure which way was best, which led to prison and which led to the crematory. There was a ditch in front of them, a ditch of flames, and they were burning babies in it. Then a bigger ditch of fire, it was burning adults. They began to say the Kaddish, a prayer for the dead. Two steps from the ditch they were told to go left to the barracks. They had to strip naked and inspected for strength. The strong ones would work in the crematories. Bela Katz was from their town, the son of a tradesman. Katz was chosen for his strength and ended up having to put his own father in the crematory oven. They then went to the barber where all the hair on their bodies was shaved off. They were beat over and over again. Then made to run and then soaked in petrol to be disinfected. A number that was carved in their skin with needles marked them. They were transported to another a camp called Buna. It was a four-hour walk to reach Buna.

After Wiesel witnesses some much agony and murder he begin to lose his faith. Which was his whole life before. He began to question the eternal. Wondering why should he praise him when he's letting this horror happen. Questioning why should he bless to him when he kept the crematories going and created all the intolerable concentration camps. Wiesel states that " Once, I believed profoundly that upon one solitary deed of mine, one solitary prayer, depended the salvation of the world. This day I ceased to plea. I was the accuser, God the accused." He felt like a stranger when he was attending a church. Service.

Two ghettos were built in Sighet. The town thought that they were built to hold them there till the war was over or till the Red Army came. They thought that neither sight controlled the ghettos, German or Jew. Then Wiesel's father came with the news that they were going to be deported. They were only allowed to take some personal things, clothes, and food. The next day all Jews were made to stand in the street and wait for their turn to come. They didn't eat or drink; they just stood in the street with the hot s

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Approximate Word count = 2145
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English