Book
To be honest, I don't read books or watch movies often. The only books I read were for school, but if I
had to pick one, I would choose the one that marked me the most: it would be Night by Elie Wiesel,
published in 1956.
To introduce it quickly, it's an autobiography of his deportation during WWII. Like many young Jewish
men, he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz. Years later, he gathered his strength to publish his first
book, Night.
In this book, he describes the horrible reality of life in the camps. There are some very difficult
descriptions or words to read:
"A lorry drew up at the pit and delivered its load. Little children. Babies! Yes, I saw it-saw it with
my own eyes... those children in flames."
"Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even
these crematories..."
These two sentences, from the second chapter, highlight the horror of these events.
This book is really heartbreaking and it's a classic for the duty of remembrance, a subject that is very
dear to me.
