In the Calm of the Night
... Elie Wiesel’s novel, Night, tells the tragic, autobiographical tale of his own childhood and his experiences at the concentration camps. ... Hamaoui writes, “The words of the Kaddish in Night do not express the horror to which Eliezer is a witness. ... Elie remembers that first night entering Auschwitz and his first true feeling of the absence of God, “For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. ... Elie later goes on to state how he would never forget that first night, the night the flames devoured his God, his faith, his aspirations, and his soul.