Why did Elie Wiesel share his memoirs in the book Night?

Question

what is your opinion.

please help

what was the point he wanted to get across?

Answer 1

Wiesel refused to write about or discuss his experiences during the Holocaust. Like many survivors, Wiesel could not find the words to describe his experiences. However, a meeting with François Mauriac, the 1952 Nobel Laureate in Literature, who eventually became Wiesel's close friend, persuaded him to write about his Holocaust experiences.

Wiesel first wrote the 900-page tome Un di velt hot geshvign (And the World Remained Silent), in Yiddish, which was published in abridged form in Buenos Aires. Wiesel rewrote a shortened version of the manuscript in French, and it was published as the 127-page novel La Nuit, and later translated into English as Night. Even with Mauriac's support, Wiesel had trouble finding a publisher for his book, and initially it sold poorly.

I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone–terribly alone in a world without God and without man.
Elie Wiesel, 'Night' (1958) - Translated by Stella Rodway


I believe the point he was trying to make was that WE, this generation, every generation who reads his memoirs, should NOT allow evil to take on such a rampage again. It does not matter who evil targets, they must not be allowed to take control and wipe out an entire culture to serve their purposes.

Answer 2

So that there would be an account of what happened and it would not be forgotten. I also always got the feeling that in some way he was working out his survivor's guilt by preserving the lives and deaths of his fellow prisoners (including his father).

I also think part of the answer is in this quote by Wiesel: “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”

He was powerless to prevent what happened to himself and others, but this book allowed him to protest and teach others about what happens when people give in to injustice.

Answer 3

So the world would know what happened in those camps. I have read where some people didn't believe they existed. he was just here in Amarillo at the college to deliver a speech.

Answer 4

He didn't want us to forget.

As long as we remember, we will learn from the injustices and hopefully not allow them to ever happen again. As soon as we forget, we desecrate the memories of those who died and empower those who committed the atrocities. We must never forget.