Night by Elie Wiesel is narrated by Eliezer, a Jewish teenager who, at the beginning of the memoir, was living in his hometown of Sighet, in Hungarian Transylvania. Eliezer studies the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament) and the Kabbalah (a doctrine of Jewish mysticism). His education is interrupted, however, when his instructor, Moshe the Beadle, is expelled. A few months later, Moshe returns, telling a chilling tale: the Gestapo (the German secret police) took command of his train, drove everyone into the woods, and methodically massacred them. No one trusts Moshe, who is considered crazy. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why violent video games should not be banned”?Get the original essayIn the spring of 1944, the Nazis occupied Hungary. Shortly after, a succession of increasingly repressive measures were adopted and the Jews of the village of Eliezer were grouped into small ghettos in Sighet. Soon they are driven into cattle cars and a nightmarish expedition ensues. After days and nights crammed into the car, tired and almost hungry, the passengers arrive at Birkenau, the gateway to Auschwitz. Upon their arrival in Birkenau, Eliezer and his father are separated from his mother and sisters, whom they will never see again. In the first of many "selections" described by Eliezer in his memoirs, Jews are evaluated to decide whether they should be killed quickly or put to work. Eliezer and his father appear to pass the assessment, but before they are taken to the prisoners' barracks, they come across the open furnaces where the Nazis are burning babies by the busload. Jewish arrivals are stripped, shaved, disinfected and treated with almost unimaginable harshness. Eventually, their captors took them from Birkenau to the main camp, Auschwitz. They finally arrive at Buna, a labor camp, where Eliezer is put to work in an electrical installation workshop. Under conditions of forced labor, severely malnourished and decimated by the usual "selections", Jews find comfort in caring for each other, in religion and in Zionism, a movement favoring the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, considered sacred land. . In the camp, Jews were exposed to repeated beatings and humiliation. A corrupt foreman forces Eliezer to give him his gold tooth, which is pulled out of his mouth with a rusty spoon. The prisoners are forced to watch the hanging of their fellow prisoners in the camp courtyard. On one occasion, the Gestapo even hanged a weak child who had been associated with rebels within Buna. Due to the appalling conditions in the camps and the ever-present risk of death, many prisoners themselves begin to descend into harshness, caring only for their personal survival. The sons begin to abandon and mistreat their father. Eliezer himself begins to destroy his humanity and his faith, both in God and in the community around him. Keep in mind: this is just a sample. Get a personalized paper now from our expert writers. Get a Custom Essay After months in camp, Eliezer undergoes surgery for a foot injury. However, while he is in the hospital, the Nazis choose to evacuate the camp as the Russians are advancing and are close to liberating Buna. In the middle of a blizzard, the prisoners begin a death march: they are forced to run more than fifty kilometers to the Gleiwitz concentration camp. Many perish due to bad weather and fatigue. In Gleiwitz, the prisoners are again crowded into cattle cars. They begin another fatal journey: a hundred Jews climb.