The Hiding Place vs. Night - 2929 Words

Many outsiders strive but fail to truly comprehend the haunting incident of World War IIs Holocaust. None but survivors and witnesses succeed to sense and live the timeless pain of the event which repossesses the core of human psyche. Elie Wiesel and Corrie Ten Boom are two of these survivors who, through their personal accounts, allow the reader to glimpse empathy within the soul and the heart. Elie Wiesel (1928- ), a journalist and Professor of Humanities at Boston University, is an author of 21 books. The first of his collection, entitled Night, is a terrifying account of Wiesels boyhood experience as a WWII Jewish prisoner of Hitlers dominant and secretive Nazi party. At age 16 he was taken from his home in Sighet, Romania and†¦show more content†¦The most important theme portrayed in Night is defined later by Wiesel himself: The executioner killed for nothing, the victim died for nothing...During the Middle Ages, the Jews, when they chose death, were convinced that by t heir sacrifice they were glorifying and sanctifying Gods name. At Auschwitz, the sacrifices were without point, without faith, without divine inspiration... (Douglas) Wiesel feels that the genocide of WWII came and went and proves no point to the world, gives neither strength nor hope to the individual, and is basically pointless. After the inhumane persecution, his God is not praised by a greater audience, Hitler and his Nazi party does not gain more power, Jews are not respected by others, and the world as a whole is not given reassurance of a better future. To Wiesel, the Holocaust represents nothing but evil, guilt, and the decay of human morality. (Popular World Fiction, II-35) As does Wiesel, Ten Boom preaches of the importance of learning from past mistakes and not recycling a detrimental experience. However, the evangelist in Ten Boom preaches beyond historical remembrance into the depths of spiritual growth. She strongly believes that the world and its creatures are fated b y God and that every experience witnessed by an individual is predestined with the purpose of teaching a life lesson. She survives with the hope andShow MoreRelatedSummary Of Speech To The People Of Auschwitz By Elie Wiesel1237 Words   |  5 Pagesstated this he meant that Auschwitz was the worst place anyone could ever live through. When you hear the word darkness, you most likely think of sadness, terror, unhappiness, and even torture. This being said, I would associate whatever Elie Wiesel is talking about – Auschwitz – is dark and an unhappy place to live. The second part of this line talks about Auschwitz being the kingdom. 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