Gayla C. (hope7) reviewed Book, NIGHT by Wiesel on 7/17/2009 + 109 more book reviews

This book, what can I say, I read it in one sitting, you feel right there in the midst of it all. How humanity can reduce itself to this level of evilness is beyond me, and still is, even after reading this book. There is no understanding of this. They faced the devil himself. I can see how his wife had to go through and interpret and fix the book because I have to do the same many times after I write about what they did to me, some of it comes out so bitter and angry that people would not be able to tolerate it in their spirit. I think his original title, AND THE WORLD WAS SILENT, expresses his hopelessness and anger as well. I witnessed one murder, he witnessed hundreds, I witnessed hatred for my faith on a personal level, he witnessed hatred of G*d himself and suffered for G*d, he witnessed the level one human can sink to when beaten down to a pulp and I too have eaten that fruit as well, it is sour, and it never goes completely away again. The verses in this book that ministered to me the most where in the begining and the ending chapters, the preface and speech, both inspired me to not allow this to happen in America and to get past the Jewish/non-Jewish walls, high as they might be in some places, and not allow the devil himself to seperate us because of our differences, ever, ever, again.
I think that because no one came immediately to stop this from happening was because they didnt care is another wrong assumption, I believe, if more had known, just as they the Jewish people did not know fully until it was too late, the world too did not readily know of it until it was too late. The journey of a lost faith is what is the most heart wrenching. Who could stand under that oppression? No man. The enemy of G*d will suffer far more for causing His people to lose faith than for any other crime committed. To turn G*ds people away from Him will cost the enemy his very existence.
While living a balanced life we cant musnt think that evil does not exist in smiling faces today in America. Lets not say naively," it will be ok" that Christianity is under attack in America, "it will be ok" that immoral leaders are turning our people from G*d and his Word and " it will be ok" that America and its leaders are throwing out G*d and His precepts from schools and government offices. So much so like Germany in the thirties. The difference is when men like Wiesel speak out, people listen! When others tell us that communism is rearing its ugly socialistic head again, we listen! When we see the signs all around us we dont pretend all is well and continue to do as we have always done, we listen! This time will be different.

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