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Lost Faith in Night by Elie Wiesel

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Night is a book by Elie Wiesel based on his experience during the holocaust. Elie tells much about his experience there and how awful it was. Wiesel saw his family, friends, and fellow Jews degraded and murdered. In the book you can tell that the Jews lost all faith in god and questioned where he was during this moment. Key points to the book about night was their experience on the way to the camps, when they were there, and how they lost faith in their religion. When the German soldiers came and captured the jews from their home town. Everyone thought they were safe when they arrived at first. All of that was about to change once they were on their way there in cattle cars. During the long ride there was a woman that let out a scream almost every night. One night she was screaming and many people on the cattle cars decided to beat her up till she stopped but she didn’t. One night she was screaming because she was smelling the burning of human. At midnight on the third day of their deportation, the group looks in horror at flames rising above huge ovens and gags at the stench of burning flesh. Upon his arrival in Birkenau, Elie and his father were separated from his mother and sisters, who they never see again. Elie said once they showed up to the camps they were decided right there to be killed or to be put to work immediately. The Jew arrivals are stripped, shaved, and were treated like animals. The mothers who refused leave their babies behind, were tricked into taking “showed” but were gas chambers that killed them instantly. Many had no choice and were starved to death. Elie said that were babies used for target practice for the German soldiers. One night they all question where god is at this point and why is he torturing them. At the end of summer 1944 a Jewish holiday comes up. Called Rosh Hashanah. On that day Jew usually come together and praise God’s name together. Although Elie can’t find a reason to bless his

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