Night is one of the masterpieces of Holocaust literature. First published in 1958, it is the autobiographical account of an adolescent boy and his father in Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel writes of their battle for survival and of his battle with God for a way to understand the wanton cruelty he witnesses each day
There is little that freaks me out more than the Holocaust. And I’m not belittling it at all with the phrase’freaks me out.’
This book is a hard, righteous slap in the conscience to everyone of good will in the world and should stand as a stark reminder of both:(1) the almost unimaginable brutality that we, as a species, are capable of; and(2) that when it comes to preventing or stopping similar kinds of atrocities or punishing those that seek to perpetrate such crimes, WE ARE OUR BROTHERS’ KEEPERS and must take responsibility for what occurs "on our watch."
“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”? Elie Wiesel, Night