Human Nature Of Evil In Night By Elie Wiesel

In Night, fifteen-year-old Elie Wiesel is forced to stare into the wicked heart of mankind and endure unbearable physical and emotional pain. Being taken from his home and being separated from everyone in his family, except his father, he becomes a prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp; during this time, Elie witnesses first-hand the evils of human nature. In the book, Elie described in excruciating detail his experiences and brings attention to the brutality of the Nazi regime. Upon reading this book, one question that emerges is what motivates an individual to do such acts of horrendous evils? While no one but Adolf Hitler and his henchmen can answer this question, the story of his encounter with Aryanism, Social Darwinism, and other occult

Today, Adolf Hitler is known by many as the epitome of evil, but his followers saw him as equal to God himself. Hitler commandeered control of the suffering nation of Germany and then quietly convinced them that the Jews were to blame for their country’s distress. He spoke so passionately and so eloquently, nearly every German adored him. Even children were taught to pray,
“‘Führer, my Führer, by God given to me, Defend and protect me as long as may be. Thou’st Germany rescued from her deepest need; I render thee thanks who dost daily me feed. Stay by me forever, or desperate my plight. Führer, my Führer, my faith, my light, Hail, my Führer (Sklar 56)!’”
Obviously, Hitler must have been persuasive, but why would he want to annihilate the Jews? As a young man, Hitler began reading a newsletter called the Ostara, Bfriefbücherei der blonden Mannesrechtler; in English it is

From these influences, he formed the Thule Society in 1918 and was the self-proclaimed “Grand Master”. Sebottendorff used H.P.B.’s story of Atlantis (which he renamed “Thule”) to explain that the Atlanteans mating with sub-humans, ultimately caused the first physical form of man. This was known as “the fall of man”. Sebottendorff taught that the Jewish people were to blame for defiling the purity of Aryan blood, and the only way to reawaken the secret knowledge and powers of the Aryans was by form an alliance of new Aryans. “The ideological purity of the blood was founded on the esoteric alchemical theory of the Grand Work. It was necessary for Sebottendorff to prepare suitable Aryan candidates for their proper place in the mystical hierarchy (Sklar 32).” To become a member of the Thule Society, one had to undergo a lengthy process of initiation. The applicant would sign a form declaring that he possessed absolutely no Jewish or African blood, fill out a questionnaire, and send in a picture. Then, the applicant would be asked to give an imprint of the sole of their foot, in order to test for racial purity. If the applicant was accepted, he was required to stay on probation for the entirety of a year, as the first level of his initiation. Then the new member was required to take a vow of complete loyalty and