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Summary: Evil exists.......
Comment: What more can be said which already hasn't of this extraordinary book written by an extraordinary
man of courage? With 420+ reviews, I will not make this an overly elaborate review, as the book
simply does not require it. Elie Wiesel's story is one of one man's courage, will and fortitude to
push on when all around him was lost; friends, family, belongings, even basic human dignity. />
What struck me more than anything else from his personal story was the retelling of the
hanging of the three men (well, two men and one boy) while he was in one of the concentration camps.
Millions perished, but the way the boy who suffered during the hanging stayed with me. His story is
the story of millions who perished and who never got to tell their tale, and one of the few books I
would call a must read.

Different instances in the book I am quite sure will strike
readers differently. One of the things which struck me and stayed with me was how he kept on looking
for God, even amidst the enormity man sometimes will carry out on his fellow man. What also struck
me was the woman on the train who was saw the flames at the camps even before they arrived. And the
times he scolded and questioned himself and his ethics for even thinking selfish thoughts even
though he was dying. I still think would I (could I?) do the same if I was in his terrible position?


This book shows the worst of mankind, and sadly this terrible event known as the
holocaust is not entirely unique in man's history since the freeing of Elie Wiesel. We have
witnessed Rwanda firsthand in the 1990's, and have been told by world authorities that "this will
never happen again." Yet in modern day Sudan(and North Korea, and Tibet.....), we see much of the
same.....the world turning its back on millions of people. There may not be furnaces involved, but
the crime of complicity through inaction is little different than a world which allowed human beings
to be fed into furnaces. I guess the final question I come away asking from his book is "Will
mankind ever learn?"

Customer Rating:
Summary: NIGHT Should make everyone who reads feel blessed
Comment: I think NIGHT is a very emotional, and awakening story. There are no words to explain the heartache
of this story. Everyone who reads should feel blessed, I doubt anyones troubles could match those of
Elie Wiesel.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Compelling
Comment: I found this novel captivating. You can't not let it in when reading. It hits you like a ton of
bricks. I pray that the future will hold less suffering.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Horror In The World
Comment: I enjoyed the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel very much. It was very interesting reading. I was
horrified to read about all the pain and suffering the Jews had to go through. I can't understand
how it went on for so long. A lot like what is going on in the Middle East. Couldn't something have
been done to stop it?

Customer Rating:
Summary: excellent
Comment: Very touching and heart breaking story of survival. Makes you remember the Holocoust and puts a
personal touch to it.
Lovely read