Lies were very common during the time of World War Two, one example is the videos that the actual citizens would see showing the "lives" of those in the camps, but the videos showed complete lies. Most people today know the horrifying truth where the concentration camp occupants were starved and beaten and worked to death, but the videos showed acceptable living conditions, available food, and some recreational activities. The Jews in Wiesel's community were warned about the truth of the camps but they didn’t not believe what anyone was …show more content…
The citizens that lived in fear were usually the ones who knew the truth about what was going on in the camps contrasting to the people who believed in lies. Wiesel wrote, “It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and children, but also against Jewish religion, Jewish culture, Jewish tradition, therefore Jewish memory.” This quote explains the point because anyone who had a connection to Jewish culture or tradition was immediately sent to camps, even if they were not Jewish