The Night, originally published in 1956, written by Holocaust survivor Elise Wiesel, author and activist, and translated by her wife, Marion Wiesel, is the first book in a trilogy: Night, Dawn, and Day – which reveals the terribly tragic personal account of Wiesel's experiences in the Nazi German concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Alongside its counterpart Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, Wiesel's Night reflects a deeper and more emotional depiction of the Holocaust, as only a victim who witnessed and faced absolute evil could think to do. The night was written to prevent history from repeating itself. Wiesel awakens devastating and painful memories of his past that he previously vowed to remain silent, detailing the death of his own family, the loss of his childhood innocence, and the loss of his hope for humanity and faith in God , candidly describing the atrocity of what can never be forgiven or forgotten. Although Night is an entire collection of Wiesel's memoirs, Wiesel is not the main protagonist of the novel. In fact, it isn't even mentioned in the novel. The pain would probably be too unbearable if Wiesel had to write about himself and so he created an alter ego. Night is told from the limited, first-person point of view of Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel, a very observant and introspective 15-year-old Jewish boy. Wiesel lives vicariously through this slightly fictional character, relating his own experiences to those of Eliezer. Elie lives in the quiet and peaceful town of Sighet, located in Hungarian Transylvania. Moshe the Beadle, synagogue caretaker and friend of Elie, was deported months ago but recently returned to warn the Jews of Hitler and the Nazis. Nobody believes it... middle of paper... in general. He raises the question about the evil of humanity, but never answers it. Instead, he lets his story, or his method, speak for itself. No one after reading Night can be sure of the negative influences of the genocide, or ever doubt the importance of the Holocaust, which is its purpose. In conclusion, Night is a novel that everyone should read at least once in their life. In just over 100 pages, Wiesel vividly illustrates his horrific experiences of one of the most terrible tragedies of the 20th century. Wiesel can never forget what unimaginable cruelty he saw in the concentration camps, so instead, he remembers. It reminds us of what can never happen again. Wiesel shares the enormous weight of his burden, giving so much of himself for the benefit of others. The words he writes on paper will live forever in the hearts of those who read them.