Night : An Eye opening book
Eliezer Wiesel was a writer and holocaust survivor settled down in United
State of America from 1954 onwards. He was born on 20th September
1928 in Carpathian Mountains in Romania. He used to regularly speak Yiddish
language and also comfortable in Hungarian, German and Romanian languages. His
family was farmer by profession and having great respect within the Jew
Community. In March 1944, Nazi of Germany occupied the Hungary and Eliezer
Wiesel at the age of 15 along with his family and rest of the Jew community
deported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp where ninety percent of the people
were killed by German soldiers on their arrival. In this camp, his Parents
along with one sister got killed and he and two sisters were survived as Army
of United State of America liberated them in 1945. He narrated his experiences
of Concentration camps in pages which turnout to be wonderful book name as
Night.
From Yogesh Gogwekar
Night is the true story of the author who has shared his most painful
experience as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. Eliezer has told us that
he and his father have been selected to perform hard labour work till they were
fit to do. Latter on they were to be killed in the gas Chambers. But his father
died before camp was liberated. He stated that he felt very sad when his father
was beaten very badly till death and he could not help him. He was not aware of
his mother and his sisters till that time as they were separated from each
other. Thus, this book confronts the dark hours of history of every human being.
There are so many books available about the stories from different
Holocaust survivors during the concentration camp of Nazi government; but night
gives you different experience. There is no happy ending in this book but still
it tells you horrors of the Nazi concentration camp. After reading this book,
one can imagine the way six million Jews were killed in uncivilized way by
German Nazi Government of Hitler. In Night, writer Eliezer Wiesel said,” I
wanted to show the end, the finality of the event. Everything came to an end
–man history, literature, religion, God. There was nothing left. And yet we
begin with night.”
This is really good book to read. It is an eye opening true story.
According to literary Critic and author of A Thousand Darkness, Ruth Franklin,”
Night is most devastating account of the Holocaust that I have ever read. He further said that there are no epiphanies
in Night, no extraneous details, no analysis and no speculation but it is the
only story of Eliezer which has been spoken in his voice. It helps us to
understand the meaning of Holocaust and its legacy in philosophical way. I urge
you to read this book.
Eliezer Wiesel was honoured by Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He died on 2nd
July 2016 at the age of 87. He has written more than 50 books and also done the lot
of work to defend the human rights. Therefore, Norwegian Nobel Committee called
him a messenger to mankind.
Mumbai
09/11/2019
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