Have any of you read it? If so, can you imagine even an infantismile percentage of the gut-wrenching, heart breaking horror these people were put through? It absolutely broke my heart from start to finish.
2007-09-15 09:45:40 · 8 answers · asked by Dutch 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Red Queen: I've just done the same, my son is going to read it for a book report he has due. Thanks for the info on Briar Rose, I just may check that out.
2007-09-15 10:06:38 · update #1
Just Me: Hi, I will check out Shoah. After I finished 'Night' today I went on Amazon and ordered two of his books... After the Darkness: Reflections on the Holocaust and All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs. I will probably end up ordering all of his books. I have seen quite a few documentaries about the Holocaust, but Mr. Wiesel's account just broke my heart. Once I started the book I couldn't put it down.
2007-09-15 16:18:23 · update #2
I just downloaded it on my Ipod and I am going to start soon. I can't imagne it but I have listened to survivors before and I just sit and try not to cry.
You should watch a documentary called Shoah (not the movie). Speilberg has a documentary he has with interviews from survivors and I don't know one person who has watched it who has not gone away crying. It is heart breaking but I think vital that every human being watch it as it clearly demonstrates the cruelty of man (not just Nazi's but Jewish kapos etc are mentioned as cruel). It is a lesson that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I am glad you liked Night. I am a huge fan of his.
2007-09-15 14:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Feivel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-14 12:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read 'Night' many years ago, and have insisted that my children also read it. The book is a masterpiece, and it serves well to open one's eyes to the atrocities that we are capable of committing. It's a tough read, but I feel everyone needs to know the story, lest we forget.
Another heart-breaker that I have also insisted my children read is 'Briar Rose,' by Jane Yolen. It's the tale of a woman's search for her grandmother's past, and the horror a group of partisans encounters in the woods outside of Chelmno.
Although a work of fiction, Briar Rose is a hauntingly beautiful tale that takes a horrific turn and plunges the reader straight to the pits of hell. My youngest just finished it only yesterday as one of the books he's to read for school. I highly recommend it.
EDIT: I would suggest that you read Briar Rose before allowing your child(ren) to do so as there is a character who was interred at Sachenhausen due to his homosexuality, and his story includes one brief episode of homosexual lovemaking. I though that scene was just a bit graphic, so my kids were made to wait until 7th grade to read the book, although it is in our elementary school library.
2007-09-15 09:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You should check out some of his other works, about his life after the Holocaust. It's some pretty deep stuff. Try "The Town Beyond the Wall."
Never Again
2007-09-15 14:12:14 · answer #4 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard him speak and I remember him saying that they expected to be rescued every day. They knew that human beings could not ignore their plight. He was amazed to find that the soldiers coming to their aid knew nothing of their torture. Government officials knew of the cattle cars and death camps, but would not allow any bombs "wasted" in bombing the RR tracks to the ovens. Newspapers knew of the atrocities and didn't report them, including the New York Times which was owned by Jews. Wiesel blamed the entire catastrophe on man's indifference to suffering. Hitler did not control all Europeans -- they hated Jews and were *indifferent* to the suffering of fellow human beings.
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2007-09-15 12:18:28 · answer #5 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have the book here but haven't yet read it - am steeling myself...
I read 'Sophie's Choice' some years ago, and this too gives us some insight into what some people have suffered through. It is a brilliantly written and harrowing story.
2007-09-15 09:55:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
And every word is true. It is one of the worst events in history. Over 6 million innocent people were tortured and put to death.
2007-09-15 09:52:30 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't wait to read that book! :)
2007-09-15 09:52:45 · answer #8 · answered by Hawt Richard loves Peace Yo 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋