Human Rights Violations In The Book Night

In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel many of our constitutionally given rights were not given to the prisoners in the concentration camp. Many of their rights, belongings and family were taken away from them and their world as they knew it. The concentration camps were very brutal and different than normal society. They were taken away from their homes and families were separated by boys and girls and young and old. Anyone who was unable to work was sent straight to the crematorium. Therefore many of the people found themselves depressed with no will to live anymore. An example of one of the rights that were violated was article 4. The article clearly states that no one shall be held in slavery or servitude and that all slave trade shall
Articles 9 and 5 say that no one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile. Also that no one shall be subject to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment. In the book it says “Here you must work. If you don’t you will go straight to the chimney.” This means that they are going to be tortured by working and if they won’t work or are unable to work then they will be subject to arbitrary arrest and exile. Therefore it is another violation of human rights. In the book it says where “For us it meant true equality: nakedness” This is a violation of article 25 where it says that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of themselves and their family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care necessary to the survival of the beings. So in the book “Night” we can compare the treatment of the Jews in the concentration camps to the violation of the modern day human rights. Their whole world came crashing down when they were taken to concentration camp. Many of the rights were taken away such as the right to security of person, the right to not be held in slavery or servitude, and the right to be born free and