Violence In Elie Wiesel's Night

Violence
Lasting from 1933 until 1945, the Holocaust was a time period where more than 11 million people lost their lives due to their religion, political views, or way of life. In the memoir, “Night” by Elie Wiesel the unimaginable experiences were talked about. Wiesel was only fifteen when he was put into ghettos and concentration camps, so he had to play the role as someone older, stronger, and more responsible to avoid the cruel acts by the nazis. Some cruel acts were hanging, whippings, not allowing food and water, and tearing apart families.
The phrase “man's inhumanity to man” is used to describe how cruel the Nazi treated the people in the camps. The phrase means “the cruel behaviour that people show to each other.” On page 33, Wiesel tells us of some of the things the nazis would tell the Jews. “There are eighty of you in the wagon” added the german officer “If anyone is missing, you’ll all be shot like dogs.”” This quotes contributes to the theme because the nazi would threaten to beat, humiliate, and kill anyone who disobeyed or made them look bad. Most people would say the Nazis were brusque, crude people; hence, they went and committed unimaginable crimes to people who never did anything wrong.

On page 91, it states “Faster, you swine, you filthy sons of bitches.” A swine is another word for a pig. In the book Elie recalls having to clean the barracks before an evacuation to show that people stayed there and not a group of animals. The prisoners were also forced to keep working no matter the weather, amount of sleep, or how much food and water they have had. “We stayed at Gleiwitz for three days. Three days without food or water.” Wiesel writes on page 101. Going three days without food or water could be difficult for anyone, but under all the other circumstances the prisoners were under its