I've been reading a lot lately and came across the book Night by Elie Wiesel. It's a true story, telling of a teenage boy's deportation from his village to Auschwitz during World War Two. There, he is separated from his mother and sisters (the mother and youngest sister whom he never sees again) and is pointed down a line along with his father. The book, at a slim 109 pages, tells the horrors the young man experienced in Auschwitz, then at other concentration camps, Buna, Gleiwitz, Buchenwald. He and his father endure beatings, witness the deaths of fellow inmates, endure a forty-two mile march (much of which is spent running, and only at night...in winter). Shortly before the camps were liberated, the father dies in the barracks. Before reading this book, I knew some about concentration camps, but I never before realized just how terrible they were, especially reading the autobiography of a survivor. It was a well-written account of the events he experienced during the war, and was so life-like, I felt as if I could see it myself. It's almost impossible to imagine.
Yeah, so, I suggest this book to anybody. It's informative and much more realistic than any novel I've ever read on the subject. Today, the author is living in New York, involved in causes concerning the Holocaust, and still continues to write today. You'll be shocked at some of the horrors in this book, possibly.
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