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Night by Elie Wiesel

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Night

Elie Wiesel
New York, New York: Hill & Wang, 1960

| Elie Wiesel's harrowing first-person account of the Holocaust, the murder of his family, and his own survival in the hell of Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

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 that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.

Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. 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.




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