he feels there is no god. that his god is dead. he has been through so much, he feels that if there were a god, none of this would be happening to him.
As they approached the crematory they recited the Kaddish
As they approached the crematory they recited the Kaddish
According to Elie's book Night, his father died in Buchenwald. Just before the camp was liberated by the American Army. Chlomo (also spelled Shlomo), Elie's father was diagnosed with dysentery (disease of the intestines) and sent to the crematory where he was killed.
Elie's response towards is that he doubts God's strengths and begins to down play his beliefs in God....
He lied so he could stay together with his father and not be sent directly to the gas chambers. Note* his book mentions nothing of the Gas chambers....which is suspicious...90% of people who passed through Auschwitz claim there were gassing chambers and that they did NOT burn people alive as Elie Wiesel claimed...
A spoon and knife. Elie's father had been chosen for selection, so he wanted to give this to Elie as his inheritance. Elie refused to take it though, and then Shlomo(his dad) had been able to convince the guards he could still work, so he didn't get sent to the crematory.
Chlomo Wiesel was Elie Wiesel's father, who was present at the time of Elie's deportation to Birkenau-Auschwitz. Chlomo was inflicted with dysentery and starvation at the time of his sentencing to the crematory in Buchenwald extermination camp. He died just before the liberation of the camps by the Americans in January 1945. Elie Wiesel, Chlomo's son, is a well known Holocaust survivor and author, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 "for his message of peace." Accepted spellings of his name: Shlomo, Chlomo. Chlomo Wiesel was Elie Wiesel's father, who was present at the time of Elie's deportation to Birkenau-Auschwitz. Chlomo was inflicted with dysentery and starvation at the time of his sentencing to the crematory in Buchenwald extermination camp. He died just before the liberation of the camps by the Americans in January 1945. Elie Wiesel, Chlomo's son, is a well known Holocaust survivor and author, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 "for his message of peace." Accepted spellings of his name: Shlomo, Chlomo.
Katz is a character referenced in Elie Wiselâ??s book titled â??Night.â?? Katz plays the son of Sighet tradesman and given the responsibility to place the fatherâ??s corpse inside a crematory oven.
During Rosh Hashanah, Elie feels anger and confusion toward God for allowing the suffering and atrocities of the Holocaust to occur. He struggles to maintain his faith in a just and loving God in the face of such intense suffering and evil.
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Elie's father did not request permits to move to Palestine because he was hesitant to leave behind everything they knew in Sighet, Romania. He was also not inclined to believe the rumors of the atrocities happening elsewhere. Additionally, many Jewish families at that time were reluctant to leave their homes and communities, despite the rising danger.