Night, written by Elie Wiesel tells the story of what a teenage boy had to live through during the Holocaust in the 1940s. So far, in my opinion the reading has been not only disturbing on numerous levels, but it deeply saddens me to have to read through what a survivor of all of this madness had to live through. That of course is the sign of a good book; feeling compassion and in this case sadness about the story being told. While Eliezer and his family were living in the town of Sighet, Transylvania (along with the other  Jewish families who lived there) they were forced to leave their home by the German soldiers who had been keeping tabs on their neighborhood. After being forced to run with their belongings on their backs in the unbearable heat, Elie's family, along with about eighty others had to stay in a train for days, headed for Birkenau, while being threatened by the Hungarian Police. There was no room for them to move or leave so they were forced to relieve themselves in the car itself. They clearly weren't being treated as people. For no reason at all they were forced to leave their neighborhoods, their families, and home and brought into the poorest of living conditions where if they chose to speak against what was happening, they would be killed on the spot. As the story progresses the family reaches their first concentration camp. Elie stays with his father while he is separated from his mother and sisters.  "And I walked on with my father, with the men. I didn't know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever" (29). Reading this passage was so frightening to me. It made me think about if I was in Elie's position, especially being a girl. Leaving my mother and sisters and never seeing them again. Never realizing that I wouldn't be able to talk to them or know how much longer they would still be alive. I wouldn't be able to handle it, let alone be able to write about it.  The Nazis and Police Officers told the men there that they were nothing. "The three 'veteran' prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name" (42). These Jews were turned into nobodys.. and for what reason? Because they were Jewish. It astonishes me that people were actually dehumanized to such an extent. That's what shows how strong of a "prisoner" Elie truly was. As a fifteen year old he went through hardships, that no human, let alone a fifteen year old should have to encounter.