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Night is a 1960 memoir by Elie Wiesel based on his Holocaust experiences with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945, toward the end of the Second World War in Europe. In just over 100 pages of sparse and fragmented narrative, Wiesel writes about his loss of faith and increasing disgust with ...
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
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A synopsis of Elie Wiesel's memoir of his experiences in the Holocaust, narrated by Eliezer, a Jewish teenager. The book covers his journey from Sighet to Auschwitz to Buchenwald, and his loss of faith and humanity.
Jan 16, 2006 · Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust memoir, Night (New York, Hill and Wang, 2006, translated by Marion Wiesel), is one of the best-known and most highly acclaimed work about the Holocaust. The New York Times called the 2006 edition “a slim volume of terrifying power,” yet its power wasn’t immediately appreciated.
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Night Summary. Next. Chapter 1. At the start of the memoir, it's 1941 and Eliezer is a twelve-year-old Jewish boy in the Hungarian town of Sighet. He's deeply religious and spends much of his time studying the Torah (the Bible) and the Talmud and praying. His parents and sisters run a shop in the town, and his father is highly respected in the ...
Overview. Night by Elie Wiesel, published in 1958, is a powerful, largely autobiographical work that recounts the experiences of a teenager in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. The narrative begins with Eliezer's life in the Transylvanian town of Sighet and follows his harrowing journey through Auschwitz, Buna, Buchenwald, and ...
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A memoir of the Holocaust, Night depicts the horrors and truth of Germany's treatment of European Jews. The novel follows Eliezer, a fictional version of the author, and his father, Shlomo, as they are imprisoned in concentration camps and lose their faith and family.
