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In Night, how does Wiesel capture the sense that he is robbed of his identity at Auschwitz?

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He describes how his left arm is tattooed with "A-7713," which replaces his name. ... In this excerpt, Eliezer has just been forced to march past and look into the eyes of a prisoner who has been hanged.

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Same thing above really

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You have to think about how each person was given a tattoo with a number on it. This replaced their names. This took away their identity.

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His identity was lost in the fact that his tattoo replaced his name.

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