Humans may dehumanize one another without thinking. Long-term conflict can strain relationships and make it difficult for peoples to recognize and accept their shared humanity. These situations can lead to intense emotions and feelings of alienation. These psychological feelings can sometimes become more common among people. They are often viewed as evil or inferior.
Most people assume that we all believe in basic human rights. People of different faiths and skin colors shouldn’t be tortured or killed. They should be able meet their basic needs and have some autonomy to make their own choices. As a society, we have to ensure the safety of innocent civilians during wartime, such as World War II. Even those who are guilty of a crime should not be subjected to cruel or unwelcome social control. Common criteria to be excluded are ideology, skin coloring and social background. People who don’t understand us have a tendency dehumanize others and remove their fundamental rights and values as human beings. This can lead to the abuse and harming of “basic rights”. You are homeless and run for miles in the freezing cold. You start feeling nothing after running so fast for so many hours. This is a representation of one the terrible encounters Jews had during their holocaust. This is how Elie Wiesel felt during Night by Elie Wiesel. Wiesel, a Jew in the holocaust, is sent to death camps with his father. He is faced with a lot of problems and has to address his daily life. Night is filled with dehumanization such as starvation. Elie Wiesel was often subject to starvation, which is a form of human dehumanization. Elie begins to starve when Elie, along with all the other prisoners in inhumane prisons, are denied food or water. Gleiwitz remained for three days. Wiesel 91. Three days of no food or water. Elie is shocked to learn that the death camp he was sent to, for a brief period of time, provided no food or water, and he became starving. Elie is now starving day after day because of the horrible experience. It was an instant rush. There was a rush. Many hungry men fought each other until they could get a few pieces. This exhibition was greeted enthusiastically by the German laborers’ (Wiesel, 97). This statement shows that, due to the fact that Jews were so hungry, they would gladly give up their lives for a chance to eat bread. Elie and the other Jews became used to starving after these encounters. Elie is also subject to mercilessness. Elie experiences a lot of fierceness in death camps. “At that time I knew only about the strokes of whip” (Wiesel 55). Elie was not able to see something that he did not assume. He was then rebuffed. Elie was taken to a cell and given twenty five lashes on his back. Elie was hit in the head by his dad for unknown reasons. “As though his dad had just woken up suddenly from a stupendous nap, he managed to manage my dad so a clout, and he fell to the floor, slithering back on all fours” (Wiesel37). Elie’s dad approached the trooper to make a blatant inquiry. He got no answer and was almost beaten to death. These encounters left many Jews with scarring and injuries. The dehumanization and exploitation of constrained labor. “The Kapo also tried to console us. He had made it easier for me today. Wiesel 72. I felt completely exhausted. Elie was exhausted and so much of it reached his head, which caused him to refrain from fulfilling standard obligations. Many variables were faced by the Jews during the Holocaust. They had to endure starvation, hard work, and fierceness. But they also had to consider multiple perspectives. The Holocaust left many Jews feeling lost and alone, with strangers separating them and a life without meaning. There were many commitments made to Jews, but dehumanization was the worst thing that could have happened anywhere.
