I read the book Night a few years ago and now I just read the interview here with Elie W. 2 things come to mind after reading this interview; 1) what will be the effect to the authority of the witness when all witnesses finally pass-away. Elie puts much weight on his authority to bear witness because he bears witness from his personal memory. When Elie passses away the autority passes away also and we are left with a weeker witness. Another issue that comes to mind is the mystery Elie admits to when speaking to the origins or cause of antisemitism. When Elie writes “you wonder what kind of mind is the mind of the antisemite who does not live in reality, who hates because he feels the need to hate, and for them it is so easy to hate a Jew because we have been the other, the stranger in so many places, and they simply could not understand why we were still around. Hate became their answer” This is about as close as he gets to answering the cause of antisemitism, (though I admit here I have not read much of Elie’s writing and so I am assuming a lot to say this but I think I am correct becuase he would have stated something different here if he had a more defined perspective of the origin oif this kind of hate). This is not adequate because without defining the cause you will not recognize an adequate solution. To state this more clearly I say the solution to the problem is no more complete and adequate than the definition of the problem. I wirte this critique/response with great admiration for Elie and his life and work and I am open to correction on anything I have written here. (NOTE: The URL link above is to my hobby business and has nothing to do with this , but it is the only URL I have and plus I need some business)

Your book ‘Night’ was amazing.

I loved the book ‘Night’! Its really fascinating.