A true account of the Holocaust.
Review:
Wiesel is a very stirring writer and his real life account of what happened to him and his family during the holocaust is horrifying As a thirteen year old boy in a death camp his perspective of the atrocities was very interesting to read as most of the accounts of this are written in a more detached way or are fiction. Unlike Anne Frank, Wiesel tells us all about what happened inside the camps as well as what was going on in his life before his family was caught by the Nazis. This book made me hate the world and that was a good thing. Wiesel's writing made me a more compassionate person and more in tune with what is happening on the other side of the world. I recommend you read it (but not before bed).
10/10
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."
"Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere."
"For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."
If you enjoyed this read:
The Diary of Anne Frank
Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay
Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally
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