Genocide In Ellie Wiesel's Night
Genocide, noun: the unjust killing of innocent groups of civilians for the plain amusement of their atrocious murders. Throughout the course of history, people have decided their lives are more precious than others. This unhealthy ideal lead them to kill those they deem unworthy. Similarly, in the Holocaust, Hitler and his disciples held this same ideal, they believed the Jews were unworthy of living. Often times humans are rendered worthless and stripped of their humanity, we however must rigorously combat such injustices.
People were dehumanized during the holocaust: they were deprived of everything that made the human. In Ellie Wiesels book Night he states “ The remaining Jews arrived in Gelwietz, the new camp. They stayed there for three …show more content…
During the Holocaust people were dying in a daily basis whether it be being thrown in a gas chamber or beat to death. In Ellie Wiesels book he says “ Something was being burned there. A truck drew close and unloaded it's holds; small children Babies! … Children thrown in flames” ( Wiesel 32). The amount of cruelty one must possess to do such a despicable act must be infinitely great. The passage illustrates a scene a children about seven year of age had to witness. How would a person feel if they had seen this? How would that person have reacted? Also these children being thrown into the fire are being deprived of all of their basic needs. In addition to this in the PBS special night and fog they illustrate what people would do with the bodies of the Jews after they had passed away. “It showed that people would use the women's hair as silk and their skin as paper” ( Night). How could these people live with themselves after committing such an intolerable act? When mass killings occur the people left: those who were deemed worthy of living, they change into their worst selves. This is why it is our duty to prevent such atrocities from ever occurring again, we must actively fight against any act we see unfitting such as a bully at a school. In conclusion, humans have developed a cruelty so strong that they can no longer think for
People were dehumanized during the holocaust: they were deprived of everything that made the human. In Ellie Wiesels book Night he states “ The remaining Jews arrived in Gelwietz, the new camp. They stayed there for three …show more content…
During the Holocaust people were dying in a daily basis whether it be being thrown in a gas chamber or beat to death. In Ellie Wiesels book he says “ Something was being burned there. A truck drew close and unloaded it's holds; small children Babies! … Children thrown in flames” ( Wiesel 32). The amount of cruelty one must possess to do such a despicable act must be infinitely great. The passage illustrates a scene a children about seven year of age had to witness. How would a person feel if they had seen this? How would that person have reacted? Also these children being thrown into the fire are being deprived of all of their basic needs. In addition to this in the PBS special night and fog they illustrate what people would do with the bodies of the Jews after they had passed away. “It showed that people would use the women's hair as silk and their skin as paper” ( Night). How could these people live with themselves after committing such an intolerable act? When mass killings occur the people left: those who were deemed worthy of living, they change into their worst selves. This is why it is our duty to prevent such atrocities from ever occurring again, we must actively fight against any act we see unfitting such as a bully at a school. In conclusion, humans have developed a cruelty so strong that they can no longer think for