Elie Wiesel - Night

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Review: "In memory of my parents and of my little sister, Tzipora" Rarely am I moved much by book dedications. They seldom have much meaning to the reader, being a personal message from the author to those chosen to receive the honor. The ...

Pros: A raw account of the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Night is a gut-wrenching memoir which seems unreal.

Review: I thought I knew enough about the Holocaust. I mean, I've seen Schindler's List, I've watched the entire Band of Brothers series.. I've watched PBS shows which reveal horrifying scenes of skeletal bodies being toppled on one another. ...

Pros: Incredible depth and detail in such a few pages.

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Elie Wiesel has written a book that should be required reading for all, including Iran's president. These pages are full of cruelty and despair that need never be repeated.

Review: I have learned some information about the holocaust through reading accounts in essays of our local newspaper, watching public TV, performing required reading in school of the Diary Of Anne Frank and through movies like Spielberg's Schindler's ...

Pros: Powerful words; Frightening real- life experience

Cons: None really, but it would be nice if it was longer

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent book about one man's experience in the Nazi concentration camps.

Review: Many different historians have taken their turn at producing a book that sums up the horrific experience of the Jewish people who suffered under the Nazis during World War II. Many of these books are quite good and while not always satisfying in their ...

Pros: Moving, quick & easy read

Cons: It's the truth

The Bottom Line: Night is quite possibly the best account of the Holocaust.

Review: There is something about the very notion of taking time to reflect on history that evokes groans and mumbles from most people, including me. Nevertheless, with the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day coming around back in May, I thought ...

Pros: Important historical story, rich yet concise text, well-written

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: While this is a painful text, it is an extremely well-written one.

Review: I have been looking forward to starting my summer reading for a while. Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a book that had been on my reading list for a long time. While it certainly isn’t a feel-good read, it is a revealing and worthwhile one. ...

Pros: stunning recollection of life as a Jew in the work/death camps of WWII

Cons: it's true

The Bottom Line: required reading for entry to the "Aware Humans Club".

Review: "I've got more faith in Hitler than anyone else. He's the only one who kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people."
-Night by Elie Wiesel (page 77).

After reading the above passage, I had to put the book down for a...

Pros: Heart-breaking memoir, beautifully written.

Cons: Nothing

The Bottom Line: Read the review.

Review: Night is only 109 pages long. It could easily be read in one sitting. But don't let it's shortness fool you, this book is terrifying and powerful. And it is easily one of the best records of the holocaust.

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Pros: An amazing study of a horrifying time in history

Cons: Can be depressing-but, knowing the subject, how can it not be?

The Bottom Line: A short, extremely personal account of the author's ordeal during the Holocaust. Much time and emotion is packed into a very short book!

Review: There has been much said of the horrors of the Holocaust. Books, films, TV shows; from The Diary of Anne Frank toSchindler's List, the horrors have been described, the lost, mourned, the perpetrators, vilified; but this book, hardly more ...

Pros: Firsthand account of Wiesel’s year in WW2 Auschwitz · accessible, clear narrative

Cons: Rien

The Bottom Line: Wiesel’s Auschwitz narrative Night deals with the physical and psychological aspects of daily life for a teenager trapped in a concentration camp. A simple yet striking memoir for casual readers.

Review: The court has come... and into the courtroom will come the martyrs of Majdanek and Oswiecim... they will arise from flames bringing with them the acrid smoke and the deathly odour of scorched markings. And the children, they too will come, stern...