Night Elie Wiesel Night Analysis

Should We Intervene to Prevent Atrocities?

Upwards of 6 million Jews were systematically murdered and subjected to horrible atrocities throughout the Holocaust. Night is a memoir written by Elie Wiesel about what he endured during the Holocaust in the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. The Holocaust was the methodical persecution and genocide of Jews and other targeted minorities, such as people with disabilities. Although some might argue that America does not have to intervene if other countries are committing crimes against humanity because it is too costly, this is untrue, human lives are priceless and it is our moral responsibility to intervene as a country. R2P stands for “Responsibility to Protect” and is an important global …show more content…
“The concept emerged in response to the failure of the international community to adequately respond to mass atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s” (“What is R2P?”). This act shows the importance of this argument and the responsibility America and other countries have. Although this doctrine is controversial; some believe that it is not effective and has failed, it's an important concept. If some countries who have the resources, such as America, get involved in foreign affairs, it could save a lot of innocent civilian lives. America and other powerful countries intervening in severe situations such as the Holocaust is not only essential, it is our moral duty to do so. Elie Wiesel wrote a memoir about his experiences being persecuted as a child. In the Elie Wiesel’s book he wrote about the horrors he went through, “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky” (Wiesel). This shows the gravity of what people went through before the other countries intervened and

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Night By Elie Wiesel Night Analysis