The Holocaust in Night by Elie Wiesel Essay -- essays research papers

Author Elie WieselDo you see that chimney over there? See it? Do you see those flames? Over there- thats where youre going to be taken. Thats your grave, over there. Havent you realize it yet? You dumb bastards, dont you understand anything? Youre going to be burned. Frizzed away. Turned into ashes.The Holocaust lasted from 1939-1942. During these tough and traumatic years Hitler killed over 6,000,000 people, mostly Jews, scarcely the retarded, homosexual, and handicapped were also murdered. But the Jews did make it through these rough times. They survived only on courage, dreams, and hope.Before World War II, Elie Wiesel led an ordinary life for a teenage Jew at the time. He went to synagogue and he went to school, (which at the time not many people went to), and that was a normal day for him up until the Germans came and took them away to the concentration camps. He liked having long discussion with a homeless person named Moshe. One day Moshe moved to a different town. When he came lynchpin to Sighet, Transylvan...