Customer Reviews
We must never forget. - By: maya j, 31 Jul 2007 
`Night' is a poignant, evocative story of a young Elie Wiesel & his father & their experiences in a number of concentration camps during WWII. The translation from French is done beautifully, as it is written in a plain, straightforward manner, & it reads with an eloquence & softness that belies the subject matter. As you read `Night', you find yourself cringing, eyes wide with horror, & it gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach to know that innocent human beings were subjected to physical & emotional pain beyond belief. It is not graphic in the sense that there is too much information, it tells, in its simplicity, the truth of what one person experienced at one time, on this earth. Sixty years later, we believe what history has shown us of these atrocities, yet do we understand? In `Night', Elie Wiesel attempts to make us understand. He talks about Death with a capital "D" & "The Selection" of people for slaughter. His sadness & despair during his incarceration, as well as his alarming indifference to certain things in the name of survival, permeate each page. Finallly, we realize that this book is written as a tribute to his father & his father's beliefs that "Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented" & keep the memory alive, "Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices". So Elie Wiesel will not stay silent, & we must never forget.
A powerful account - By: Amrita, 10 Mar 2007 A powerful masterpiece of events we should never forget. It is an autobiographical account of the author's survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. It is a horrific account, yet important to recalll as testimony to the extremes racist thinking can lead. We need to remember this brutality to ensure that humanity learns important lessons. I recommend this book & also suggest checking out "Nexus" by Morrison & Singh - a novel about how we are united through our empathy & compassion.
very touching - By: Edward Tem, 23 Jan 2006 This personal account of the holocaust by Elie Wiesel's book is a horrifying story of the Nazi death camps. The author tells the story in a simple manner, yet it is easy for a reader to end up feeling haunted by the accounts in NIGHT. It stirs sadness & profound questions in the bosom of a reader. The lessons from this book about the evil side of falllen human nature & the faith, courage & moral strength to fight the evil must never be forgotten. I recommend this book to any reader interested in the holocaust & the specter of mass killings plaguing the world today.Survival In Auschwitz, Union Moujik, Shake hands with the Devil, Disciples of Fortune,First They Killed My Father, Triple Agent Double, King Leopold's Ghost, Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare,The Gulag Archipelago are also recommended reads to help have a better understanding of threat humanity faces from the evil ideologies of hate
