are not simply granted to us‚ but need to be fought for. During the Holocaust‚ there weren’t many people who had chosen to speak up and instead‚ a multitude of people chose to keep quiet‚ sprouting another series of problems. In a speech given by Elie Wiesel‚ he explains how‚ “There is so much to be done‚ and there is so much that can be done.” Therefore the author is saying that there are many things in the
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were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine guns” (Wiesel 6). During the holocaust‚ Hitler’s German regime shows to the world that humans are capable of cruelty of an extreme degree. Millions of people met their ends in the dirty‚ torturous concentration camps. Despite this horror‚ some still showed love‚ kindness‚ and respect. It may have come in various forms but plenty of historical accounts‚ Elie Wiesel’s Night being one such account‚ have depicted these instances‚ As Wiesel’s
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In the speech Elie Wiesel says that indifference is bad and that it is a crime against humanity .He also said that indifference to a tragedy is not guiltless and that you cant just witness cruelty towards someone or something and not be responsible in some way for what ends up happening instead he said that you have to step in and help the person or thing that someone is being cruel to. He also talks about his experience during the Holocaust‚ and how people ignored the millions of Jews that were
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In Night‚ the oppression from the Nazi party at the concentration camp dehumanizes Elie. First‚ the transportation degrades the jewish people and compares them to animals. The people are forced onto overcrowded cattle cars. Here‚ they must take turns sitting in the stuffy environment for days. Denying people room shows disrespect. Also‚ the group was dehumanized by the gift of “some bread‚ a few pails of water” (Wiesel 22). This suggests the Nazi’s attitude towards the jewish people. To them‚ jews
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“Never shall I forget the little faces of children‚ whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath the silent blue sky.” That was written by Elie Wiesel. Eleven year old Krystyna and twenty one year old Pavel Friedmann had a harsh life. They both were forced to live in the ghetto. This happened from 1941 to 1942. They were forced to live in the ghetto because they were both Jewish. They both had an unforgettable story of their lives. They have similarities and differences in their lives in the
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Dehumanization and torture‚ two simple words to ruin the lives of many people. Some people chose this for evil‚ Hitler‚ for instance‚ an intelligent young man and very powerful man‚ used different tragedies to take control over all Jewish people. He used concentration camps‚ one of his biggest and most successful camps. Night by Elie Wiesel‚ Tattoo and Shearing and System of Death both by Michael Berenbaum will define all the ways Jews were tortured and killed. One of the survivors and author of
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defined as the constant search of looking for the balance of what is right and what is wrong. Elie Wiesel‚ author and Holocaust survivor‚ can be seen as one of the most prominent figures of political activism in the modern world. By publishing his works and experiences that deal with ethical concepts‚ Wiesel was able to shed a light on the horrors of people’s actions and their moral consequences. Wiesel is a firm believer in how the
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experience” (Rick Yune). The relationship of the quote‚ relates to Elie and his father because it demonstrates that father and son rarely get to encounter the same situation together and when they do‚ it is something that is not forgotten. During Night‚ father and son become closer together due to the experience they encountered‚ while at the concentration camps. Once at the concentration camps‚ and separated from the rest of the Wiesel family‚ Elie and his father create an attachment for one another‚ one
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able to listen to someone. When you are showing compassion you take ownership and stand up for something or someone. Compassion should be shown and given by everyone. Elie Wiesel was talking about compassion because this was a terrible event. He was talking about compassion because he wanted to show people that he was strong. Elie talked about compassion because he wanted to show people how easy it is
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Life in Auschwitz Elie Wiesel‚ a former prisoner of Auschwitz‚ once said‚ “The opposite of love is not hate‚ it’s indifference.” Auschwitz was a camp set up by Nazis in the early 1940s and more than 12‚000 people died a day there. Who did Auschwitz affect? What happened there? How did it start? Auschwitz was a camp for many more than just Jewish people. The Holocaust started when Adolf Hitler lead Nazis to make a perfect race when the economy crashed. They wanted blonde-haired and blue-eyed Germans
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