One of the most overwhelming elements gained about Eliezer
in his recollection of Moshe the Beadle is precisely that: His power to recollect.
While his experience might have desired to wipe out his memory of life before the death
camps, his mere act of remembering is resistance. Eliezer does not succumb to the
tendency of failing to recall life before Auschwitz. Rather, in his act of memory, one
sees resistance against authority in constructing a life that others in the position of
power wanted to remove. The story of Moshe also brings to light how individuals treat
one another. The idea that the true terror of the Holocaust was not merely the Nazis
silencing their victims, but that this lack of respect for humanity was perpetrated by
victims against other victims is shown through the village's treatment of Moshe. When
Moshe comes back to warn the people of Sighet of what he has seen, what he had
experienced, the scorn, dismissiveness, and lack of validation that he experiences
reflects how cruelty is something that cuts across all ethnic lines and all
constructions of division. In this, Wiesel is unparalleled in bringing out that one of
the most compelling moral and ethical lessons of the Holocaust was to never engage in
the practice of silencing voices.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
In Night, what do we learn about Eliezer based on his descriptions of Moshe the Beadle?
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