Even their most prized possessions. His life changed so fast. He lost everything. Except his memories that he was unfortunately given.“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.” Elie had that memory of that first night(pg.43) They lost everything that they loved.The things that they cherished that filled them with just a tad bit of joy. Juliek was one of Elie’s only friends. All Juliek had was his violin from his past that was part of his identity. Because of the he lost his life.“It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was playing his life. The whole of his life was gliding on the strings--his last hopes, his charred past, his extinguished future. He played as he would never play again...When I awoke, in the daylight, I could see Juliek, opposite me, slumped over, dead. Near him lay his violin, smashed, trampled, a strange overwhelming little corpse.” Was one of Elie’s visions that he saw at the end of his …show more content…
Something was being burned there. A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. Babies! Yes, I did see this with my own eyes … children thrown into the flames.” Is one of Elie Wiesel’s quotes about children having their one life ripped out from beneath them from his book “The Night”(pg.41) Elie wanted to express to us how it is so easy to take life for granite. How he didn’t even expect to see what was ahead of them. “Anguish. German soldiers—with their steel helmets, and their death’s head emblem. Still, our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. The officers were billeted in private houses, even in Jewish homes. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant, but polite. They never demanded the impossible, made no offensive remarks, and sometimes even smiled at the lady of the house. A German officer lodged in the Kahn’s house across the street from us. We were told he was a charming man, calm, likable, and polite. Three days after he moved in, he brought Mrs. Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists were