Night

Elie Wiesel

1958

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This text recounts acts of antisemitic violence. The text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence or oppression of any kind.

One week later, as we returned from work, there, in the middle of the camp, in the Appelplatz, stood a black gallows.

We learned that soup would be distributed only after roll call, which lasted longer than usual. The orders were given more harshly than on other days, and there were strange vibrations in the air.

“Caps off!” the Lagerälteste sudden…

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Creator Bio

Elie Wiesel

1928–2016
Elie Wiesel was born in Romania and moved to the United States in 1956. Wiesel’s most famous work, Night, describes his experiences as an inmate of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel taught at Boston University and was active in establishing the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. He was an advocate for Jewish causes and a voice for the victims of oppression. In 1986, Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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