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Assignment #1: The Preface of //Night//
The Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, in the preface of __Night,__ seems to struggle with understanding his own reasons why he wrote __And the World Remained Silent.__ He starts the preface with three questions: 1) “’Did I write it so as not to go mad or on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness… that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?’” 2) “’Was it to leave behind a legacy of words, of memories, to help prevent history from repeating itself?’” 3) “’Or was it simply to preserve a record of the ordeal I endured as an adolescent, at an age when one’s knowledge of death and evil should be limited to what one discovers in literature?’” (Wiesel vii). In the remainder of the preface Mr. Wiesel elaborates on his reasons why he chooses to write the book. He tells the reader that a witness has a moral obligation to preserve the memory of what he/she saw to prevent the enemy from winning a second victory if people are allowed to forget the horror of the evil committed. Mr. Wiesel goes on to tell the reader that he is worried that humans will be in denial that they could act in such a horrific manner towards their fellow man. The author ends with the explanation of why he had __And the World Remained Silent__ translated. Mr. Wiesel says to the reader that when asked if he knows “the response to Auschwitz” he answers that he does not know the proper response to something as horrific as Auschwitz, or even if a response is possible, however he believes that witnessing such horror in his book can help prevent another Holocaust from happing to today’s and the future’s children.

Concentration Camps
 Concentration Camps Life and Death Working, Killing, and Torturing Treating Prisoners like Dogs and Killing them off like Flies The Face of Death Slaughtering Beneath the Lines of Humanity

The Unforgettable Past
Never shall I forget The last night in Buna At home or in the ghetto Or in the cattle car

Never shall I forget The little pipel, the sad-eyed angel Beloved by all Condemned to death

Never shall I forget The Angel of Death Those flames that consumed my faith Forever

Never shall I forget The liberation of Buchenwald The first American tank Standing at the gates

A corpse was contemplating me From the depths of the mirror The look in his eyes has never left me And I shall never forget 

Resources
[|Concentration Camp] [|Elie Wiesel Image] [|Barracks]