Today, I read “Night,” by Elie Wiesel. It’s a summary of Wiesel’s time as a Jew during the time of the Nazis and provides a look into the average life of a Jew sent to live in a concentration camp. It explained his attempt to remain his humanity, and yet stay alive, retaining a sufficient amount of self-preservation — not an easy thing to do when it was every man for himself in the concentration camps. The story was a deeply heartfelt chronicle of Wiesel’s journey to survive, but also stay with his father and keep the other alive as well, in various concentration camps. I was saddened by the cruelty shown in the concentration camps for the weak — those who were sick or old were sent to the furnace and burnt. I was also shocked by the inhumanity shown by various members of the concentration camps — one boy left his father behind, running ahead, because his father was weak, while a man’s friends never prayed for him after he died, three days after they promised to, because they had suffered much while he had been taken to the crematory and had forgotten. I hope that such inhumane practices never happen again and recommend that everyone read this book to learn about the terrible conditions in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and other concentration camps so that similar instances never happen again. I would rate the book a 9.5/10.
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