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Night  by Elie Wiesel

        Night, by Elie Wiesel is a memoir of his life during World War II. He lived in a small town in Sighet, Transylvania. He lived with his family consisting of his mother, father, and little sister, Tzipora. The family were a happy family, not rich, not poor. Elie or Eliezer was very religious, more than his parents wanted him to be. He wanted to have a teacher to teach him the studies of cabbala. His religion was quite common in his town, many of his friends were Jewish too. All of these luxuries changed when the German army invaded his town. At first, the Germans were not cruel to the Jews, however after a while the Jewish people of Sighet started to see many restrictions such as having to wear a yellow star on their clothes. Soon, there was a ghetto that formed in the town, and then deportation came. Elie and his family had to travel to Poland in a cramped boxcar. After days of traveling, Elie and his family reached their destination; Auschwitz concentration camp. His mother and sister were separated from his father and himself and Elie later found out they were sent to the gas chambers. The Jewish people were a civilized people with rich culture, however the war brought them to their downfall.

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        Elie was truly infatuated with his religion, Judaism. Normally, when a fellow Jew dies, friends and family must sing the Kaddish in memory of their beloved. It is very strict how and when they must recite the song for the dead, especially when one requests that his friends sing it for him. When Elie’s friend, Akiba Drumer, another very religious Jew, told the block that it was his time to go and he can’t go on anymore. He said that three days after he is taken away to the gas chambers, that they must sing the Kaddish for him. “We ...

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