Who Is Night By Elie Wiesel Inhumane In Night

Throughout his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel recounts his remarkable story of survival and resilience during the Holocaust. Wiesel describes the deplorable conditions imposed by the Nazi regime, which impacted millions of captives by instilling fear and violence in their daily struggle to survive. In his extraordinary account of his experience, Wiesel demonstrates the Nazi’s inhumanity towards other humans with specific examples of their mistreatment in ghettos, transport trains and concentration camps.
The Nazi soldiers were first inhumane in the ghettos, taking away people’s valuables and stripping them of their basic rights. Before the Nazi regime had taken power, the Jewish people were free to live their lives and practice their religion. As

In an attempt to degrade the people of their dignity, Nazis stripped people of their names and simply gave them numbers. The text states, “The three ‘veteran’ prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name,” (Wiesel 42). While at the concentration camp, Wiesel lost his name and his identity; to the Nazis, he was merely a number, not a human being; he was just one more of the millions that were to be killed. Just as in the ghettos, Jewish people were stripped of their remaining possessions, such as any gold teeth and even their shoes. In addition, the Jewish people faced starvation, physical abuse, and psychological stresses. For instance, Jews had to work in the cold, amid sub-zero temperatures with little clothing. They were exploited for labor, working long days with little food or water and they were forced to run in the middle of the night, under penalty of death. One of the people appointed to oversee Wiesel and his father was Idek, who was prone to violent outbursts. For instance, when he got angry, Idek “began beating [Elie’s father] with an iron bar. At first, [his] father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning,” (Wiesel 54). The violence in the concentration camps was more severe than in the ghettos or transport trains; the captives were constantly being physically abused by the Nazi officers and treated like animals. Witnessing his father’s beating took a toll on Wiesel psychologically, as well, making his journey to survival increasingly arduous. Just bearing the sight of seeing his father in pain caused Wiesel great distress and it was a very difficult event for him to witness. Hence,