... short term prison sentences. Many books have been based on the lives of Auschwitz survivors. One of the most eloquent and critically acclaimed of these books is Night written by Elie Wiesel. Before Wiesel was able to write Night he endured a self-inflicted ten-year period of silence. Having lived through Birkenau, Auschwitz, and Buna and having witnessed first hand the horror of his father ... 's death, Wiesel remains determined not to allow the atrocities of the Holocaust to be forgotten. The novel begins with a description of a man called Moshe the Beadle. Moshe had been ... death. Le...

• Word Count: 2963
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School