In my 10th grade year, I had an English teacher I absolutely LOVED. She spent an entire semester teaching us about the holocaust and the literature that came from it.
This was one of the books she had us read, and after we finished, we had the amazing opportunity to meet the author and speak with him in person.
Mr. Wiesel takes you by the hand and heart as he walks you through his life in Sighet, Transylvania, before the family is deported to Auschwitz and later to Buchenwald.
Through stark and powerful prose, Wiesel describes the brutal realities of camp life, including the inhumane treatment of prisoners, the loss of his family, and the erosion of his faith in humanity and God.
“Night” is noted for its unflinching honesty and emotional intensity. Wiesel’s firsthand account is both a testimony to the horrors of the Holocaust and a poignant exploration of the impact of such profound trauma on the human spirit.
This book is not only a significant historical document but also a profound work of literature that invites readers to reflect on the moral and existential questions raised by the Holocaust.
“Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?”
–Elie Wiesel
