... detected. In the published English translation of 'Night', the ending presents the author's reflection on his personal experience and self. This ending seems to be associated more with a feeling of sadness. On the other hand, the version of the ending presented in the preface expresses his concerned feeling ... criminals stroll through the streets of Hamburg and Munich. The past seems to have been erased, relegated to oblivion." (Wiesel xii) These quotes from the preface allow us to detect the author's anger when thinking about the Holocaust and its present collective memory of it. ...

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