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Eliezer was a young boy when the Holocaust began. He saw his family, his friends, and his fellow Jews humiliated and murdered. This autobiography, Night, was written by Eliezer Wiesel. He wrote about what horrors he saw and went through during this dreadful period in time. The first part of the book is when he was very religious and prays with Moshe. When the German soldiers come into their town the townspeople fear them. But …

…This autobiography, Night, was written about what horrors he saw and went through during this dreadful period in time. There were two different phases he went through. He was at first very religious and prays with Moshe. For the rest of the book, after the Nazis take over his hometown, Sighet, Eliezer starts to question his God. Even though he may have doubted his God at times, he still thanked God for letting him survive.