During the years of 1933 to 1945, Nazism struck Germany and resulted in millions of innocent people being stripped of clothes, possessions, family, and most importantly, identity. Adolf Hitler is responsible for not only murdering a majority of the jewish population, but making conditions so unbearable that it was almost impossible to know who one was inside and out. Identity is defined as the physical or mental characteristics that resembles how one acts or what one’s story is. Elie Wiesel, author of Night, entails his first-hand encounter with losing his identity: “The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” ( Wiesel 33). At this moment was the first time that Elie had
