Foreward Night

“’Where is God? Where is He? Where can he be now?’” (x).

            This quote was written in the Foreward originally but was also repeated later on in the book.  This quote, I felt, was significant because one of the Jews could not believe that God would ever let something like this happen.  Since it was happening, he was looking for God to help them.  When we read this quote, it really spoke to the reader about how the Holocaust really was.  This man is calling for God thinking that he will get them out of this.  Thinking about feeling this man’s pain and fear is awful. 

            If we were talking to someone from the Holocaust, and they were explaining how they felt the whole way.  Unless we were actually there, we would not be able to say “I know how you feel.” Even today people listen to others problems and they say that but really, they haven’t always experienced the same thing.  It’s not the same unless you have been there. 

“’Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night.’” (ix)

            Elie Wiesel said this quote because he felt like it was never going to end.  The torture was the same all the time and he was constantly seeing people die.  I think watching people die would have done it for me.  Especially seeing kids my age being killed; knowing that kid could have been me.  I would probably feel like Wiesel in this case because if we were constantly getting abused, it would feel like time is going by slower.  With everything they were being put through, they felt like it was never going to end.