Dehumanization During The Holocaust

Adolf Hitler left a ruinous impression on the Jewish history. With over 40,000 construction camps and the slaughter of over 6 million Jews, he traumatized the culture. Eliezer Wiesel was one of those victims. To be beaten nearly to death, dehumanized, and to lose himself was tragic. During the Holocaust, all Jews were dehumanized and in Night by Elie Wiesel reveals this.

Hitler used tactics that materially and psychologically exterminated the Jews. He valued the ground he walked on more than the Jews. He treated the

Eliezer was countesses dehumanized as his own being was stripped away. The only possessions that could remind him of his old life were seized. Merely having his father for support while his father had no-one.