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= Night- Elie Wiesel =

> //Night// is t he story of a young boy named Eliezer who lived in a small town within Transylvania. He lived during the time of the Holocaust. The book talks about how he and his family were sent to concentration camps and talks about everything that they expirenced while being there. > __Eliezer__ __-__ born in Transylvania, 15 years old, his faith in god is tested > __Eliezer's father__- Died in 40 mile march between concentration camps in the dead of winter > __Moshe the Beadle__- Teacher of Jewish mysticism > __Madame Schachter__- Lady from Sighet that was in same car as Eliezer > __Juliek__- Musician > __Dr. Josef Megele__- Known as Angel of Death, incharge of sending people to gas chambers > __Rabbi Eliahou__- Prisoner > __Franek__- Eliezers foreman at Buna > __Idek__- Nazi officer, beat Eliezer and his father > The setting takes place in many concentration camps throughout Germany (Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Buna). This is during World War II (1939-1945). The tone is very dark and depressing. Expressing the abuse innocent people faced. > __Auschwitz/Birkenau__- Auschwitz was originally set out to be just another concentration camp but was later also formed into a prison. The second part to the camp was Birkenau, it was the largest part of the entire camp > __ Night __ __-__ (darkness)- uncertainty > __Fire__- death, giving up, going away, loss of power > __ The struggle to maintain faith __ __-__ With being sent to a concentration camp and being tortured, it's extremely difficult to maintain your faith. Eliezer keeps question his faith and is constantly wonderng why God would allow such horrific events to occur to him and his family. > __Cruel and inhumane treatment__- Throughout this book Elie talks about all of the terrible things that happened to him. Everyone at the concentration camp was treated with disrespect and they were treated as if they were dirt on the ground and as if they did not have any feelings at all. > We felt that this was a very good yet depressing story. Reading about the horrible evens that Elie and his family encountered was difficult, but you just can't put the book down. It is a powerful story with an important message. This is a story everyone can learn a leasson from, it teaches you to be thankful for evrything you have and to be open-minded by not to judge people without gettng to know them. > >
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**Interview with Elie Wiesel**