Night

By Elie Wiesel

Review by Edan

            

            I have read many books in my life about the holocaust and have learned more than the average person about the subject. My grandfather is a holocaust survivor, and although I never got to meet him, I have learned his story. Most people do not have a clear understanding of the holocaust and we are losing the actual people who survived it. The only way to keep the information going around, and people seeing what happened to those who suffered is to publish books about them. Night is a story about an individual child who tells his story of survival in the holocaust. This book is an amazing and informative book which shows the hardships from the beginning.

            Elie is a young 13 year old boy who spent his childhood in the small town of Sighet in Transylvania. He is taken, along with his family, to concentration camp where he loses everything. The story catches everything a child would have gone through. All the catastrophic events that occurred to him vary from family, to labor, health, etc. This captures Elie’s story of the holocaust and has a true ending. Nothing was hidden about the holocaust in the book, such as the gruesome descriptions of the crematory, the screaming and smell of the camp.

            It is impossible to know the complete feeling that the Jews went through during the holocaust, and only those who have gone through the event can understand it. This book gives a clear explanation and has the many facts that occurred during the holocaust, whether it happened to him, or someone in his unit. No one can enjoy a book about on this topic, but I admit the book was interesting to read and made you feel like you were there. The book is descriptive, informative, and is meaningful. The book is an amazing capture of the story of a child through the holocaust and I highly recommend reading this book.