HOLOCAUST. What comes to mind? War, blood, pain, etc. Is this enough to loose faith in God. Some may say no and others may disagree. The truth is that one can’t really know unless he/she experiences the atrocious nazi camps that existed. Elie Wiesel is one survivor of the nazi camps. He lived to tell us about his inspirational story. When the camps were liberated in 1945, Wiesel was sent to a French orphanage (Elie 2). Elie Wiesel made a vow of silence and eventually Francois Mauriac influenced Wiesel to write of his experience in the concentration camps (2). His book, Night was published in 1958 ( Elie 1 ‘Timeline’).Elie was a religious boy before he was deported to Auschwitz. His life revolved around family, religious study, community and God (Elie 1). In the beginning of Night, Elie
is approached by a man who was known as Beadle.
This boy is so young but aware that his prayers must be sincere. He is so religious that he asks questions about God that a normal child would not ask.
sturbed. The question had never entered my head. I wept because- because
Throughout the book there are a few more instances where a person can see that he has lost most of his faith. Perhaps one of the most powerful paragraphs in the book is the one that follows.
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