Humanity, Holocaust and NightWiesel's Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but, by extension, to humanity. People all over the world were devastated by this heinous act, and there are still people today who have not been able to overcome its effects. An example of the Germans' heinous acts occurs at the end of the war, when Elie and the rest of the Buna camp are forced to relocate to Gleiwitz. This move is a long, arduous and tiring journey for everyone involved. The weather is terribly cold and the snow has fallen heavily; the distance is greater than most people today would even dream of covering on foot. The huge mass of people is often forced to run, and if one collapses, gets injured or simply can no longer bear the pain, he is hit or trampled mercilessly. An image that sticks in Elie's memory is that of Rabbi Eliahou's son leaving the Rabbi for dead. The father and son are running together when the father begins to get tired. As the rabbi falls further and further behind his son, his son continues to run, pretending not to see what is happening to his father. This sight causes Elie to think about what he would do if his father became as weak as the rabbi. He decides that he will never leave his father, even if staying with him would be the cause of his death. The German forces are so skilled at breaking the spirits of the Jews that we can see the effects throughout Elie's novel. Elie's faith in God, above all else, is strong at the beginning of the novel, but weakens as it progresses. We see this when Elie's father politely asks the gypsy where the workers are. Not only does the gypsy not honor his father with an answer, but he also delivers a blow to his head that sends him to the ground. Elie looks at the entire exhibit, but doesn't even blink. He realizes that nothing, not even his faith in God, can save him from the physical punishment that would await him if he tried to fight back against the gypsy. If the gypsy attack had happened just a day earlier, Elie probably would have reacted. But the effects of the spiritual defeat of the Germans were already being felt.