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Night

�Hitler won�t be able to do us any harm, even if he wants to.� So begins the book, , by Elie Wiesel an autobiographical work about Elie�s struggle to survive the Holocaust while living at multiple concentration camps. Beginning at age 15, Elie Wiesel moves from a young man questioning the accounts of German hatred, to becoming a witness of many inhumane acts brought upon people. Elie Wiesel�s book, , describes instances of inhumane acts on the Jews at Berkenau-Auswitz, at Buna, and on the march to Gleiwitz.
Upon arrival at Berkenau-Auswitz, the men and women were separated. It was here that Elie saw his mother and sisters for the last time. With the advise of another prisoner, Elie and ...

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Elie could no longer sleep. He could not believe this was happening and nobody was doing anything to stop it.
After surviving the first concentration camp, Elie and Mr. Wiesel were sent to Buna, a work camp. At Buna a Overlap (a prison guard) was tortured for sabotaging a power station. A young boy under him, called a Pipel, was also to be tortured for information on the Overlap�s accomplices. The Pipel was hung because his he would not reveal the Overlap�s accomplices. �For more than a half an hour, he stayed there struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes.�(page 62). As Elie stood and watched he heard the other prisoners repeatedly ask, �Where is God?�
A third cruel act the Nazi�s did was make the prisoners run nearly 50 miles to Gleiwitz. They did not let the prisoners stop running for even a second or the person would have been killed. Even though the prisoners were not given a chance to stop, the S.S. Guards were given many breaks so they ...

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Added: 4/17/2004 09:03:39 AM
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