Night - Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel, Franois Mauriac
Category: History
Tags: History, Adults
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel offers an unforgettable account of Hitlers horrific reign of terror in Night. This definitive edition features a new translation from the original French by Wiesels wife and frequent translator, Marion Wiesel. Night is an unmistakably autobiographical account of the authors own gruesome experiences in Nazi Germanys death camps. Told through the eyes of 14-year-old Eliezer, the tragic fate of the Jews from the little town of Sighet unfolds with a heart-wrenching inevitability. Even as they are stuffed into cattle cars bound for Auschwitz, the townspeople refuse to believe rumors of anti-Semitic atrocities. Not until they are marched toward the blazing crematory at the camps reception center does the terrible truth sink in., Recounting the evils at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesels enduring classic of Holocaust literature raises questions of continuing significance for all future generations: H
