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Summary: If you had just one book to read...
Comment: If you had just one book to read in your lifetime, choose this one. Profoundly moving, concise and
totally relevant to the subject.

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Summary: Amazing
Comment: Everyone should read this book. It only took me about 2 hours to read, but its words and images
will forever remain with me. Very powerful. A must read.

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Summary: A Powerful Night
Comment: Elie Wiesel was removed from his home as a mere teenager when German soldiers took his Jewish family
away from Transylvania and into the night. Elie, who was separated from his mother and sister at
the dreaded concentration camp of Auschwitz, was forced to survive on his own in this new,
terrifying world. Throughout Night, Elie Wiesel demonstrated the strength of his book and influenced
you to enjoy the powerful writing of his book.

Night is a true account of Elie Wiesel's
life and how the German Nazis metamorphosed the Jewish people into objects and property with no hope
of surviving. On just the first night of their arrival at Auschwitz, his mother, sister, and all of
the other women and children were thrown into a fire and burned alive. The men, who watched this
terrible procedure, were kept alive and forced to pull heavy slabs of stone on small carts while
only getting fed a small ration of bread and water once a day. As I was reading this book, I could
feel the Jews hopelessness and severe sadness running through me because I could tell that the Jews
hope of surviving was the chance of me pulling a needle out of a haystack.

Night was a
terrifying story of the horror that the Germans made the Jews undergo after deliberately taking them
from their homes and changing them from humans into objects with no feelings or hope. Although Night
was an extremely sad book, I liked it because it was so powerful, and Elie Wiesel made the reader
realize and understand what really happened during the horrifying years of the holocaust.

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Summary: Unimaginable horror, unbelievable strength
Comment: What impressed me most after "Night" was Elie Wiesel's ability to retain a pure heart. I can't
imagine living through so much evil and still having the ability to love. "Night" tells of
Wiesel's horrifying existence in the Nazi death camps and pays tribute to his overwhelming desire
to survive. I cried through each page and can't imagine the strength it took to come out of that
nightmare alive. To see what Elie Wiesel has done with his life since has been miraculous and life
affirming.
This is not a book for the faint of heart as it is a real account of the horror
endured by Wiesel and his family in the Nazi death camp. I thought I knew about the Holocaust but
now I have a deeper understanding, something I was missing before. I applaud Elie Wiesel for his
courage and perseverance and for sharing that with us in "Night."

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Summary: Tragic , but so necessary!
Comment: This book is not uplifting, it is not hopeful, it is not triumphant. As you read Elsie's tale of
being shipped from one camp to another, starved, beaten, and simply trying to survive you ask
yourself- is life even worth it? You sympathize with those who ran into the electric fences to end
the torment.... and you realize... this really happened.
This is a short book, very precise
and to the point, but for me I had to read it in chunks because it was so sad and disturbing. It is
so important that books like this are written (and applauded) and that society reads, and re-reads
them, so we never forget.

If you are looking for a more redeeming look at the
holocaust- I recommend Viktor Frankl (MAns search for Meaning) but for me, Night was much more
affecting, it chilled me to the bone and hits a hard punch. If you are studying the holocaust, have
children interested in it, or just enjoy real life stories that are completely unforgetable- this
book belongs in your library!
Please pass it on..... so we can all remember.