Elie Wiesel's "Night" and Mark Mathabane's "The Road to Alexandra" exemplify the similarities in the holocaust and apartheid.

History Repeats Itself During World War II thousands of Jews were persecuted simply because of their race. They were forced into concentration camps and ghettos, where-if not killed-they were forced to endure harsh labor and living conditions. When World War II ended in 1945, the Jews were freed from the concentration camps. It seemed that the world realized that Hitler's idea of a 'perfect race' and the persecution of people just because they were Jewish was …

…two boys. Whether they were forced into a concentration camp or forced to hide completely alone in their house makes no difference. Whether they were Jewish or black or located in Germany or South Africa does not make one situation different from the other. Elie Wiesel probably never expected that after writing Night and experiencing so much pain and suffering that almost the exact same thing would happen to a five-year-old boy named Mark Mathabane.