Synopsis
Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the
Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of
that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family
and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity
and faith. Describing in simple terms the tragic murder of a people from a
survivor’s perspective, Night is among the most personal, intimate and poignant
of all accounts of the Holocaust. A compelling consideration of the darkest side
of human nature and the enduring power of hope, it remains one of the