Have you ever wondered what it is like to be in a concentration camp,or what it is like to be a Jew while Hitler is starting to take control over you and your family? Hitler's number one thing that he wanted to do was kill all Jews. In the book Night, Nazis gradually reduced the Jews to nothing more than things because they hated all Jews. In Night, the author Elie Wiesel tells about his experiences in a concentration camp. Many of the experiences Elie shared with the readers of this book explains how the Nazis dehumanized his father, his fellow Jews and himself.
There were multiple accounts of dehumanization of the Jews in Night by Elie Wiesel, and the vast majority of it came from the Nazis. The most basic of human rights were deprived of the Jewish people throughout all of Night. Jews in the book were not being treated humanely at all; the Nazis treated the Jews like they were animals. For example, in Night it was mentioned that the Jews were given tattoos to identify them, which is just how a farmer would treat cattle. The Jews also has little to no rights what so ever while being in captivity by the Nazis. "
Loss of Faith and Dehumanization in Night The word holocaust originates from the Latin words from ‘holos’ meaning whole and ‘kaustos’ meaning burned. The name holocaust was rightfully given to Hitler’s Final Solution plan which called for the extermination of more than six million Jews. In 1933 the plan was put into action and forced millions of Jews, gypsies, and others into concentration camps. Eli Wiesel, holocaust survivor and Noble Peace Prize winner, shares horrific experiences of his time spent in concentration camps.
Elie Wiesel’s novel, Night, is a memoir that describes the horrific experiences of both Elie and other Jews. Elie’s journey is largely about a loss of innocence, faith, and family. Elie Wiesel’s purpose in ending his memoir by describing what he saw as he looked at himself in the mirror was to demonstrate how he was emotionally dead from his experiences. To begin with, Wiesel’s emotional death was created by the dehumanization he and other Jews experienced. Perhaps, the scene that most reveals the dehumanization of Wiesel and his fellow Jews was a scene where a starved man kills his father for a piece of bread.
In which millions of Jews were innocently killed and persecuted because of their religion. As a student who is familiar with the years of the holocaust that will forever live in infamy, Wiesel’s memoir has undoubtedly changed my perspective. Throughout the text, I have been emotionally touched by the topics of dehumanization, the young life of Elie Wiesel, and gained a better understanding of the Holocaust. With how dehumanization was portrayed through words, pondering my mind the most.
Joe Shmoe Mr. Dai English 10H Period 5 17 February 2023 2 Body Paragraphs + Introduction In her diary, Anne Frank wrote that “a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” This powerful observation resonates with the darkness interwoven in Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, in which he recounts his experiences as a Jew who survived the Nazi concentration camps. Throughout the autobiography, Elie displays prominent psychological patterns to explain how Jews allowed human atrocities to occur, using characters such as Akiba Drummer to make the intent of Jewish genocide clear. In Night, Wiesel explains how learned helplessness and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs can explain human atrocities, using Akiba Drummer’s death and Elie’s downfall as examples.
Dehumanization In the novel, Night, Elie Wiesel tells his story of his survival throughout the horrible event of the Holocaust, where inhumane treatment of Jews shattered their faith in humanity and hope. The Jews were stripped of their nature and were treated like meaningless humans, their purpose and existence meaning nothing to the Nazis as they were seen as nothing but a nuisance. Ridden of their names, soon known as numbers, and having to have seen the atrocities these Jews were exposed to was unreasonable and horrid treatment. Because of this extreme dehumanization that occurred during this time, it serves today as a way to remember those whose lives were taken and to impact society on how such behavior against harmless people can devastate
In chapter six of Night, many visual images create a distinctive picture in the head of the reader. These images dehumanize the prisoners and allow the reader to gain a deeper understanding of Elie’s mentality. To begin, one of these images describes the Jewish people while they are being forced to run. Throughout this passage, Wiesel compares them to machines. For instance, he once states, “I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine” (Wiesel 85).
Dehumanization in Night “Bread, soup- these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time” (64). In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel explains the torture the Jews had to go through.
Aiden Toms Mrs. S Chernishenko ELA B 30 April 27, 2023 Survival and Triumph of The Human Spirit Night, written by Elie Wiesel, is a memoir that thoroughly explains the psychological damage that Jewish citizens experienced during the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel, better known as Eliezer throughout the memoir, explains the different torturous events he, as well as other Jews, had to experience during Adolf Hitler’s reign. When the Germans put Jews into Ghettos, most of them were in denial and thought something this cruel could not possibly be happening. However, as time passed, reality set in for the Jews and they concluded that this was truly happening and that this was only the beginning. Jews were then stripped of their faith and identity to be
The memoir Night written by Eliezer (Elie) Wiesel takes place in Europe between the years 1941-1945. During this time, Europe was involved in World War II. Germany was under Adolf Hitler’s rule and he desired to expand across Europe. Along with that, he implemented policies that allowed for the persecution and genocide of Jews. Jewish people were thrown into concentration camps where they were dehumanized in multiple ways, for example, deprivation of necessities, grueling forced labor, and brutal treatment.
Hannah Patterson 23 March 2023 Honors English 10 Period 3 Dead Inside and Out During the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler led Nazi Germany to kill approximately six million European Jews. Millions of Jews were tortured in harsh concentration camps for years as they fought for liberation. However, survival following this genocide was traumatic and difficult because most prisoners had lost most aspects of their lives. After Elie Wiesel’s liberation in Night, his life would be forever different because he has lost all of his family and all of his happiness.
Due to this fatal flaw, when facing injustice it is crucial to abandon our instincts for the benefit of the greater good. The Holocaust was based on dehumanizing processes that had the potential for much greater impact than even intended by the Nazis. The exploitation of human psychology was so extreme that the brutalizing truth had the possibility to destroy many people’s faith in the world. At one point in Night, Elie Wiesel describes himself in the following way, “ I was nothing but a body.
Night Response Throughout the story Night I have learned so much about the three types of dehumanization. The three types of dehumanization are mental, physical, and emotional. They all affect humans in some sort of way and I got the experience of the reading this book by Elie Wiesel and learning about them.
During World War I, Hitler’s ability to command his ideas led many, “refugees to be considered as victims of political persecution rather than race or religion” (Aish 1). The holocaust depicts the horrors that can occur if negative ideas are conveyed. Jewish citizens were forced to endure disturbing practices and inhumane treatment as a result of Adolf Hitler’s biased intentions. Elie Wiesel, a prisoner in the German concentration camps had his, “God, soul, and dreams turned into ashes” (Wiesel 221). As a result of one dictator’s negative viewpoint, Jewish people lived through a nightmare.
