... , or 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 ... was that of burning flesh. When Auschwitz was forced to evacuate, the death March was too much for Wiesel's father and he soon died Night was written to not only reflect the horrors an...

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