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In the novel night, author Eliezer Wiesel tells of how he and his family were sent to ghettos for no reason other than being Jewish. Hotel Rwanda is told from the point of view of Paul Rusesabagina, the owner of a hotel that has protected thousands of Tutsis. As the movie progresses, Paul's Hotel slowly becomes a refugee camp.
In the novel night, author Eliezer Wiesel tells of how he and his family were sent to ghettos for no reason other than being Jewish. Hotel Rwanda is told from the point of view of Paul Rusesabagina, the owner of a hotel that has protected thousands of Tutsis. As the movie progresses, Paul's Hotel slowly becomes a refugee camp.
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In the novel night, author Eliezer Wiesel tells of how he and his family were sent to ghettos for no reason other than being Jewish. Hotel Rwanda is told from the point of view of Paul Rusesabagina, the owner of a hotel that has protected thousands of Tutsis. As the movie progresses, Paul's Hotel slowly becomes a refugee camp.
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The horrific stories that were portrayed in Night and Hotel Rwanda seem like only an act of fiction. But there was an unfortunate reality behind both of these tales. The book Night was a memoir of the great struggles Eliezer Wiesel had to endure during the Holocaust. Hotel Rwanda is also a retelling of the genocide that went on in Rwanda. Both of these events had a huge negative impact on the world. They were the same in that they both dealt with discrimination against a certain race of people, high numbers of people were murdered in a relatively short period of time, and little aid was given from other countries to help those who were a being targeted. In the Holocaust, mainly the Jews were targeted, but many other groups of people were also singled out such as gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled. Hitler felt the need to create a superior race, so he decided to try and wipeout everyone who didn't live up to his standards. In the novel Night, author Elie Wiesel tells of how he and his family were sent to ghettos for no reason other than being Jewish. While in the ghetto, Wiesel tells of how he felt by saying, ' " The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall did not feel us with real fear (11) ' " . Eliezer felt comfort in knowing that even though he and the other minorities were separated from the rest of society, he would be safe in the ghettos. Unfortunately he was gravely mistaken. The genocide in Rwanda sparked from years of racial discrimination among the different tribes, the Hutus and the Tutsis, who lived in Rwanda. The Hutus, feeling put down by Tutsis finally decided to revolt. Hotel Rwanda is told from the point of view of Paul Rusesabagina, the owner of a hotel that has protected thousands of Tutsis from the brutal murdering of the Hutus. Paul is a Hutu himself which saves him from being killed countless numbers of time. As the movie progresses, Paul's Hotel slowly becomes a refugee camp. Paul is now burdened with the job to not only try and save his own family, but save many others as well. Paul tells his wife Tatiana Rusesabagina that he does not believe he can fulfill this task, but must try anyway (Hotel Rwanda). In both Night and Hotel Rwanda the main characters feel the need to help others who are in need. Even though the main characters in both Night and Hotel Rwanda showed heroic behavior in saving the lives of others, hundreds of thousands were still killed in each genocide. In night, Wiesel describes the horrible ways in which the people were slaughtered. He tells of when he first arrived at Buchenwald Concentration Camp and he witnessed the burnings of people in huge fire pits. " Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky (Wiesel 34)" illustrates how the images of people being burned alive will be etched into Wiesel's memory forever. Millions of other people were also killed by the gas chambers. Gas chambers were rooms that they would fill with poisonous gas that could kill thousands of Jews in just one session. Over 6 million Jews and other minorities were killed in the Holocaust which lasted from 1941 to 1945. This was one of the biggest genocides to ever occur in history. The amount of lives lost in Hotel Rwanda was about 800,000 (Hotel Rwanda). Even though the amount dead in the Rwandan genocide was significantly less than in the Holocaust it was still a great number compared to how long it lasted which was only about 100 days. Both the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide were both backed by the strength of the military. In Rwanda, the Hutu had a militia group that wiped out most of the Tutsis population. They raided peoples homes killing innocent men women and children. The Hutus used machetes, guns, and any other weapons they could to attack the Tutsis. Even though so many lives were lost in both genocides, little help was given from outsiders to help the victims. Not many countries knew about what was going on in Germany until after millions were already dead. The Russians came at the end of the war finally rescuing the remaining survivors, but over half of the Jewish population had already been killed. Wiesel did not understand why help was coming so late. He thinks, " How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent. (Wiesel 32) " This was most likely the reason for Wiesel losing faith in God, because he felt that God was suppose to protect him and send help, but no one came. The world seemed to have turned their backs on them when they needed help the most. The very same thing was happening in Rwanda. Little help came to evacuate the Tutsis. The UN was there to make peace, but were not allowed to use violence to stop the harassment of the Hutu militia. As more and more people were being killed no other countries tried to get involved in though they knew what was happening through the widespread media coverage of the genocide. Even the Rwandan police chose not to help. When the Tutsis finally thought help was coming, they realized that the Europeans were there only to evacuate the tourists. Help never arrived for the innocent victims of the Rwandan genocide. In the end most of the Tutsis fled to other nearby countries (Hotel Rwanda). The world showed no support for the victims. So in conclusion, both the genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust shared and extreme negative impact on the world. They were so terrible in the fact that they were both fueled by discrimination against a minority group, very high numbers of lives were lost in short time periods, and little to no aid was given to help the victims of both genocides. Eliezer made it his life mission to spread the word and to educate people about the Holocaust. The Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide are two major events in history that should never be forgotten.
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