Paronia, Deflation of Self and Decadence of Faith: The Traumatic Experiences of Elie Wiesel in Night

Abstract

The purpose this research paper is to bring educational awareness to students of history and education. The Holocaust was a great political event like the Nuclear Holocaust; Hitler ventured to decimate all the Jews from Europe and he created concentration camps and gas chambers. Prino Levi, Elie Wiesel, and Charlotte Delbo throw a flood of light on the brutal atrocities of the Nazis. Elie Wiesel got Nobel Prize for literature because of his realistic depiction of the atrocities of the Nazis perpetrated on Jews. Elie Wiesel’s novels, lectures and interviews describe his perception about the life before and after Auschwitz. Wiesel was also the victim of the atrocities of German Gestapo. He was sent to Auschwitz where he experienced the atrocities of the Jews. He recollects the painful and harrowing episodes of Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel articulates his traumatic experiences of the death camps recollecting the harrowing episodes of Auschwitz.