Night by Elie Wiesel

Night by Elie Wiesel
(Night Trilogy #1)
120 pages / 4 hrs, 17 mins

"Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again."
--from the publisher.

The book completely lives up to its reputation.  I'm speechless.  Five out of five stars for me.

Day by Elie Wiesel

Day by Elie Wiesel, 108 pages

Day is Elie's second novel and third book.  It is the sequel to Dawn.  Although different characters, they do have the same internal makeup.  Day focuses on the conscience of the Holocaust.  Can Holocaust survivors live a new life even though they must live with the memories?  This was a thought provoking novel.

Dawn by Elie Wiesel

Dawn by Elie Wiesel, 82 pages

Unlike the book Night, Dawn is a work of fiction.  It is written as if to say what would have happened to himself after WWII. Dawn is about a man who survived WWII and now lives in Palestine.  He joins the Jewish underground and is forced to execute a British of officer who is now a hostage.  I had some difficulty following this story and found myself confusing the characters.

Night by Elie Wiesel

Night by Elie Wiesel, 120 pages

Night is a wonderful book written by Elie Wiesel and translated by his wife, Marion Wiesel, about how his family was separated during the Holocaust.  This was one of the best and well written stories of the Holocaust I have ever read. Tears.  It was terrible to read how the family was separated in the camps and the horrible fate they met.