The Nazis keep the victims of the Holocaust without food and water for several days. One of the prisoners, the Jewish musician Juliek, starts playing a pleasant melody, and Eliezer falls asleep. Suddenly, the sound of the violin breaks the silence. Suffering from depletion, thirst, and hunger, the prisoners sit in total quietness. Malnourished and weakened, Eliezer does not give up because he is concerned about his father. Only the most resilient continue their way and fight for life. Lacking power, they lie down, and the Nazi soldiers shoot them. The exhausted people are on a horrible journey for hours during the night in the snow. SS troops force the prisoners to go into a death march to another concentration camp – Gleiwitz. Thus, the Germans decided to evacuate it immediately. Meantime, the rumors that the Russian army is approaching start spreading around the concentration camp. So, Eliezer has surgery and then recovers. As the book Night is autobiographical, the author reflects his life story on the main character. While undergoing an operation, Eliezer’s foot swells up because of frostbite.ĭid Elie Wiesel lose his foot? Fortunately, no. The convicts start suffering from extreme coldness. He is not granted a second chance.Īs winter comes, things go worse. In contrast, Akiba Drumer, another prisoner who lost his faith, is incapable of fighting for life. However, having a strong desire to live, the father manages to prove his capability and stays alive. This time, the doctor considers Eliezer’s father to be weak and incapable of working. Meanwhile, the time for the second selection comes. Here is when the main character completely loses his faith in God. The rising action reaches its peak when Eliezer witnesses how the guards hang the 13 years old boy. It is a factory in Auschwitz, where the Jews are forced to sort electrical parts in the warehouse. The next episode worth being described in the Night (Elie Wiesel) summary is the prisoners’ life in Buna. He starts rebelling against God and shows his skeptical attitude towards people who continue praying. He is a sadistic head prisoner in charge of the other convicts.īeing in Auschwitz, Eliezer witnesses horrifying deaths of people. There, the Jews are under the Kapo’s oppressive supervision. As a result, they pass the selection and are settled in the barrack for three weeks. Eliezer and his father lie about their age to increase the chances of staying alive. Then, the SS doctor, Mengele, determines whether the men can work. This is the last time when Eliezer sees his mother and sisters. The guards separate the women and children from the men. As they go outside, they feel the terrible odor – the smell of burning flesh. The prisoners on the train start noticing the chimneys of furnaces through the windows. Then, the summary of the book Night by Elie Wiesel takes place at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. For example, a middle-aged madam Madame Schächter becomes hysterical because of the vision of flames. Some of the deporters start behaving inadequately due to the inhuman conditions. Eliezer’s family is one of the last ones to leave Sighet.įor several days, the Jews are in the sweltering cattle cars with little food and water. All the Jews are put into the convoys and sent to an unknown destination. The leaders are arrested all the property is confiscated. Then, a sequence of horrible events happens to the Jews of the town. Fascists take the Hungarian government, and the German army occupies Sighet. The next episode of the Night’s summary takes place in the spring of 1944. The people in the town refuse to believe in Beadle’s tales and perceive him as mad. He talks about the Gestapo that made the Jews dig graves for themselves and then were mercilessly killed. After several months, he manages to escape and return to Sighet. Soon, the Hungarian police deport all the foreign Jews, including Eliezer’s teacher. The boy finds a sensitive teacher – a Jewish immigrant named Moché the Beadle. Eliezer has two older sisters-Hilda and Bea, and a younger one-Tzipora.īesides the Torah and the Talmud, Eliezer starts studying the Cabbala (Kabbalah) – the Jewish mystical text. The family runs their own business-a shop. His father is a highly respected person in the Jewish community of Sighet. He is deeply religious he spends much of his time praying and reading the Torah and the Talmud.Įliezer’s family follows ancient Jewish traditions and adheres to the law. Eliezer is a 12 years old Jewish boy living in the town of Sighet.
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