Date: September-October 2006
Publication: Current Magazine, Current Diversion, page 53 Publisher: Finserve Corporation, Meralco
He will never forget the small faces of children thrown to the chimney, the "crematorium", to burn into ashes under the starry sky.
That same night, Eliezer Wiesel lost everything.
The book started in 1941, when the narrator was only 12. Born in the
town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie was a studious and religious young boy who was very interested in the Kabbalah. He lived a good life with his loving family; when one day, Moshe the Beadle, a Jew deported in 1942 and Elie's Kabbalah master, came back to warn the people of the dangers of the German army. Yet no one listened.
Till the year 1944, when the Germans entered their little town and set up ghettos for the Jews. It wasn't long till they were deported to concentration camps in Auschwitz, then to Buchenwald.
From a curious and speculative student of Talmud, Elie turned into a completely different person. Vanished in the thick smoke were his loved ones, his dreams, his innocence and his faith in God.
He witnessed in such an early age the horrors of the Nazi death camps. Darkness loomed and hopelessness dampened his very soul as Elie was exposed to torture, cruelty, scarcity of food, men treated like animals, and more than ever--the absolute evil of man at its finest.
In this book, experience how the Jews were deprived of freedom and human rights during the World War II by reading the testimony of an actual survivor. Told in a first person point of view, this memoir will lead you to the story as it is. The book is a success in offering a detailed account of the holocaust nightmare, you'll actually feel the intestity of a moment in the past. Wiesel was able to finely translate fear, despair, hatred and other human emotions into a great literary piece.
A touching part of the non-fiction is the camaraderie of the people who remained sane for their loved ones. Elie and his father were side-by-side while they can as they experience the unimaginable. If there's one lesson you'll get from the book, it is that blood is thicker than water.
Wiesel, author of more than forty internationally acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this tale. He dedicated his life to make sure that no one forgets what happened to the Jews during the WWII. His other works are the Dawn (1961), The Jews of Silence (1966),and A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970). Wiesel wrote Night to testify for the "shrinking number of survivors day by day", to share his memories, and most importantly as a "response in responsibility".
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."
This 1958 human document was given a new translation by his wife, Marion Wiesel, to ensure accuracy and to correct important details. The madness of erasing the whole Jewish memory, which erupted history, will remain in us as it is documented in this life-changing book by Wiesel. "He does not want his past to become their future."
Quotable Quote: "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."
Publication: Current Magazine, Current Diversion, page 53 Publisher: Finserve Corporation, Meralco
He will never forget the small faces of children thrown to the chimney, the "crematorium", to burn into ashes under the starry sky.
That same night, Eliezer Wiesel lost everything.
The book started in 1941, when the narrator was only 12. Born in the
town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie was a studious and religious young boy who was very interested in the Kabbalah. He lived a good life with his loving family; when one day, Moshe the Beadle, a Jew deported in 1942 and Elie's Kabbalah master, came back to warn the people of the dangers of the German army. Yet no one listened.Till the year 1944, when the Germans entered their little town and set up ghettos for the Jews. It wasn't long till they were deported to concentration camps in Auschwitz, then to Buchenwald.
From a curious and speculative student of Talmud, Elie turned into a completely different person. Vanished in the thick smoke were his loved ones, his dreams, his innocence and his faith in God.
He witnessed in such an early age the horrors of the Nazi death camps. Darkness loomed and hopelessness dampened his very soul as Elie was exposed to torture, cruelty, scarcity of food, men treated like animals, and more than ever--the absolute evil of man at its finest.
In this book, experience how the Jews were deprived of freedom and human rights during the World War II by reading the testimony of an actual survivor. Told in a first person point of view, this memoir will lead you to the story as it is. The book is a success in offering a detailed account of the holocaust nightmare, you'll actually feel the intestity of a moment in the past. Wiesel was able to finely translate fear, despair, hatred and other human emotions into a great literary piece.
A touching part of the non-fiction is the camaraderie of the people who remained sane for their loved ones. Elie and his father were side-by-side while they can as they experience the unimaginable. If there's one lesson you'll get from the book, it is that blood is thicker than water.
Wiesel, author of more than forty internationally acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this tale. He dedicated his life to make sure that no one forgets what happened to the Jews during the WWII. His other works are the Dawn (1961), The Jews of Silence (1966),and A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970). Wiesel wrote Night to testify for the "shrinking number of survivors day by day", to share his memories, and most importantly as a "response in responsibility".
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."
This 1958 human document was given a new translation by his wife, Marion Wiesel, to ensure accuracy and to correct important details. The madness of erasing the whole Jewish memory, which erupted history, will remain in us as it is documented in this life-changing book by Wiesel. "He does not want his past to become their future."
Quotable Quote: "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."
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