Night 2

""don't let yourself be fooled with illusions. Hitler has made it very clear that he will annihilate all the Jews before the clock strikes twelve, before they can hear the last stroke" I burst out:
"what does it matter to you? do we have to regard Hitler as a prophet?"
he glazed, faded eyes looked at me. at last he said in a weary voice:
"Ive got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. he's the only one who's kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.""
Wiesels father said this after people were excited that the Russians could liberate them. They were very optimistic about the Russians being able to destroy the German army and liberate them all many times throughout the book. Its really amazing how these suffering people still cling to the hope of being saved by the Russians. They have thought their salvation was close many times and yet they still hope. This really amazes me personally. On one hand it reminds me of all those peoples strength during the ordeal. they still kept hope, but at the same time it seems like some of them had lost all hope. They knew Hitler wouldn't stop until it was over. The father seems to have lost hope, but he must still have had some. He had given his son his spoon and knife earlier when he feared he was going to die. If the father had lost all hope he would have known it didn't matter so deep inside he hoped. Its really sad that this man has more faith in Hitler then in anybody else. its a great example (if you could call anything in this book great) of peoples outlook on the indifferent world. How can you blame him? It took the world 6 years to end the genocide. Although modern day genocides are different in many respects, it makes me wonder if what the people in Darfur think of us, is the same that Wiesels father thought about Americans, and the rest of the world during the holocaust. Especially when the genocide in Darfur has been going on for more then 6 years.