Night- by Elie Wiesel pg (7-34)

I find myself wanting to keep on going with this book and not stop.  There is now a feeling of suspense and fear of the unknown. Moishe was a foreigner and all foreign Jews were deported due to a change in government. The Fascist government had taken over and some people only saw it as just politics.

This is interesting how the people at the time were almost unaware of what was to come in just a few months. They started seeing these changes in government and witnessed the first round of deportees leave and never question where they had gone? Things were calm and settled months later until one day Moishe reappeared in the community.

When I read moments like its so difficult.  I know what is to come and I feel so helpless . I wish someone could of warned them and that the people would've believed it was true.

Moishe tried telling everyone but he had such an unbelievable tale that no one thought he was in the right mind. 

"Moishe was not the same. The joy in his eyes was gone.  He no longer sang.  He no longer mentioned God or Kabbalah. He only spoke of what he had seen.  But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen."
What desperation he must've felt?

I really like another line that the author used for Moishe.
"They think I'm mad." he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.

Later the story describes the beginning weeks before the concentration camps.
The laws that prohibited Jews to have any gold or anything of value.
The gold star.
The ghettos and how they actually felt safe in there.  Even though they were couped up in one area they were amongst people who supported each other.
The final days of this deportation were so emotional.  No sleep, only eating enough to satisfy hunger to save for the unknown of the days to come. 

Elie's dad who was connected with someone in the Hungarian Police was a strong character in the Jewish community.  He plays a role of strength and wisdom to his community and family.  There is a very emotional part when they get the news that they need to prepare for deportation, pack a bag, only bring essentials. There is a long silence and then a sense of urgency to get everyone up and going. 

Elie also shares that there was a knock at the sealed window that night.  However no one was there.  After the war he found out that the friend of his father's who was part of the Hungarian Police had tried to warn them that night. 
"Before we entered the ghetto, he had told us, " Don't worry. I'll warn you if there is danger."  Had he been able to speak to us that night, we might still have been able to flee..."
What if?

"They passed me by, like beaten dogs, with never a glance in my direction. They must've envied me."
This is when he is in a file walking out of the ghetto. There had been 3 rounds of deportation. They were part of the final one.

 There is much more during this next part when they get separated to never see his mother and sister again.  The train ride and arrival to the camp. The smell he describes as burning flesh! The lies him and father both have to say to have better chances of not dying or being separated. 

I have so much to share so I will try to blog with less pages read. I just couldn't put it down. So will try to be better at this for next blog.