In the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel, many of the Jewish prisoners in the concentration camp at Sighet were in a state of shock and disbelief about the atrocities they were facing. The Nazis instilled fear and control, making escape attempts dangerous and often futile. Additionally, the prisoners were malnourished, weak, and lacked resources to plan and execute a successful escape.
the camps were surrounded by barbed wire fences. Plus they had guards on duty during the night as well.
and didn't think anything bad was happening.
There were two ghettos in Sighet (in Night).
Eliezer's family is deported from Sighet on the eve of Pentecost, which falls on May 20, 1944.
sighet
He was from the town of Sighet, Transylvania, then in Hungary, now in Romania.
I took place in the area where this accrues was sighet, Transylvania
Moshe the Beadle, a character in Night, returns to Sighet to warn the Jews of the impending danger and atrocities that lie ahead. However, his warnings are dismissed as unbelievable by the Jews in the community.
the setting is a small town called Sighet in Hungary....in 1941
He lived in Sighet, Transylvania (now part of Romania; during Wiesel's childhood, part of Hungary).
In the book Night, Moshe the Beadle had successfully survived a massacre and returned to Sighet to warn the other Jews there, but they didn't listen to him.
Elie Wiesel lived in Sighet, which is now in Romania but was then in Hungary.
This personification is meant to indicate how quickly death befell the Jews of Sighet.
They normally wanted to escape at night.