The Jew’s caused their own victimization. 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. Faith, trust, and illusions led to the many different worlds of genocide towards the Jew’s. The Germans managed to manipulate the Jews and succeeded. The Jew’s rapidly became the German’s scapegoat.
Faith led the Jews to lose faith in God. The Jew’s always figured that God would protect them from evil and put them on the right path. Meanwhile, after the Jew’s got to Auschwitz they realized their God left them without answers, and silence took over his presence. In the memoir it said “Behind me I heard the same man asking for God’s sake where is God? And from within me, I heard a voice answer : Where he is? This is where - hanging from these gallows. . .” After witnessing a young man's hanging Elie himself and the other Jews lost all of their last hope in God.
The Jew’s had trust in the wrong man. Although, Hitler was a man of his words and he did keep his promise of killing all of the Jew’s. The Jew’s were given many chances to escape the trap but, they just walked over the chances with the mindset of everything being in the German’s hands. According to the memoir it said “There was a labor camp on site. The conditions were good. Families would not be separated. Only the young would work in factories. The old and sick would find work in the fields.” The Jew’s figured that Hitler and the German’s would protect them, when in reality they had their death planned out right ahead of the Jews.
Illusions the Jews had that led them into the German’s trap of termination towards them. Illusions that were delusional to one itself. Towards the beginning of the memoir there was a lady on the ride to Birkenau that repeatedly screamed “fire, fire!” The lady (Mrs. Shachter) was foreshadowing the fire coming from the crematory. The Jews were given many chances to turn back and walk away from the danger ahead. The Jews were put in tragic situations and still managed to say things were going to be alright.
In conclusion, the Jews were given opportunities to walk away from the danger. Faith led the Jews into losing their beliefs for a God they believed in their entire life. Trust led the Jews into falling in the wrong the hands. Illusions led the Jews into believing something they knew wasn’t there but, still seemed to mentally think everything was fine. In the beginning there was faith-which is childish; trust-which is vain; and illusion-which is dangerous.
In conclusion, the Jews were given opportunities to walk away from the danger. Faith led the Jews into losing their beliefs for a God they believed in their entire life. Trust led the Jews into falling in the wrong the hands. Illusions led the Jews into believing something they knew wasn’t there but, still seemed to mentally think everything was fine. In the beginning there was faith-which is childish; trust-which is vain; and illusion-which is dangerous.
