Stages of Genocide in Night by Elie Wiesel
Classification
The novel Night by Elie Wiesel told about the hardships of the Holocaust in great detail. The Holocaust was a genocide lead by the Germans, who targeted Jewish people and other minorities defined by their race, religion, and sexuality. Some of these people included:
- Jews
- Gypsies
- Slavic people
- Disabled people
- Communists
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Homosexuals
The Nazis believed that they were racially superior that the Jews were "aliens" and did not belong. The Nazis wanted to rid the "German community" of Jews and other minorities so they came up with the "Final Solution" to "ethnically cleanse" Europe.
In Night this is shown when Moishe the Beadle is warning Elie of what will happen to the Jewish people. Moishe the Beadle tells Elie what happened to him when he was first taken away. "The Jews were ordered to get off and onto waiting trucks. The trucks headed toward a forest. There everybody was ordered to get out...Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners..." (Wiesel 6)
- Jews
- Gypsies
- Slavic people
- Disabled people
- Communists
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Homosexuals
The Nazis believed that they were racially superior that the Jews were "aliens" and did not belong. The Nazis wanted to rid the "German community" of Jews and other minorities so they came up with the "Final Solution" to "ethnically cleanse" Europe.
In Night this is shown when Moishe the Beadle is warning Elie of what will happen to the Jewish people. Moishe the Beadle tells Elie what happened to him when he was first taken away. "The Jews were ordered to get off and onto waiting trucks. The trucks headed toward a forest. There everybody was ordered to get out...Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners..." (Wiesel 6)
Organization
The Holocaust involved both the Jewish people and the Germans. The German socialists were called Nazis, a word derived from the German word for "National Socialist". The Nazis adopted the swastika to use on their flag. The swastika was a symbol that represented a racially pure state. It became the most recognized icon of the propaganda of the Holocaust.
In beginning of the novel, Night, Elie Wiesel talks about how their rights were being taken away before they got sent to camp.They were separated from the others, forced to live in ghettos and "a new decree: every Jew had to wear the yellow star," (Wiesel 11).
In beginning of the novel, Night, Elie Wiesel talks about how their rights were being taken away before they got sent to camp.They were separated from the others, forced to live in ghettos and "a new decree: every Jew had to wear the yellow star," (Wiesel 11).