Tattoos In Elie Wiesel's Night

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At the end of chapter three in Night by Elie Wiesel, the prisoners tattooed their left arms because it is their new names. For instance, the tattoos prove that they were Jewish, “The ‘three veterans’ prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms.” (page 42) This illustrates that they have been in Auschwitz camp as prisoners and Germans wanted Jews to know they are not humans, not deserve to called by real names. In addition, Nazis tried to destroy the prisoners hopes, bodies and minds. Those tattoos shows Jews are nothing more than numbers to the