Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary as a child Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz & Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured the loss of his family & his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity dignity & faith. Describing in simple terms the tragic murder of a people from a survivors perspective Night" is among the most personal intimate & poignant of all accounts of the Holocaust. A compelling consideration of the darkest side of human nature & the enduring power of hope it remains one of the most important works of the twentieth century."