"One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. " This quote by Elie Wiesel showed an understanding of how anyone would fell if put into a situation such as Elie. In Elie Wiesel's autobiography Night, Wiesel explains the dehumanization of Eliezer, his family, and his fellow Jews throughout World War II. Dehumanization is the striping of human qualities. When reading Night you get a first-hand experience of what this actually was.
When the Hungarian police barged into Sighet, "A Jew no longer had the right to keep in his house gold, jewels, or any objects of value ". Later they were forced to sit in crowded wagons that had no space to move about in. A German officer told the Jews, " ˜there are eighty of you in this wagon,' added the German officer. ˜If anyone is missing, you'll all be shot, like dogs .' ". This shows that the Germans had no respect for the Jews. It also shows that they thought nothing of them. Instead the Germans compared the Jews to being like "dogs " or animals, which showed that the Jews were not capable of the good qualities a human can have.
The process then continues when Eliezer, his family, and the fellow Jews reach Auschwitz, which was one of many concentration camps Hitler made in Germany. When the Jews were let off of the wagon the first thing one SS man says to the group of Jews is, "Men to the left! Women to the right! ". Here they treat the Jews as if they were a herd of animals giving commands men, women, and children to separate from their families and loved ones. After the separation Eliezer comes across the crematories, "A lorry drew up at the pit and delivered its load-little children. Babies!.those children in the flames ". This dehumanized the Jews because they could smell, hear and see their fellow Jews be burned to death. Also most of the people that were being thrown into these flaming ditches were unclothed. This shows that the Germans did not care nor had the respect if they killed a full grown adult, a young child, or a baby.
