Summary:
There were many deviations from Night to "Escape from Sobibor." The book Night was written by Elie Wiesel. Elie wrote this book to let the world know about the ugliness of people in the world. The movie "Escape from Sobibor" by Theodore Rashko was basically a re-enactment of a real event. By comparing to two with one another, you soon find out how behavior changes throughout the war.
There were many deviations from Night to "Escape from Sobibor." The book Night was written by Elie Wiesel. Elie wrote this book to let the world know about the ugliness of people in the world. The movie "Escape from Sobibor" by Theodore Rashko was basically a re-enactment of a real event. By comparing to two with one another, you soon find out how behavior changes throughout the war.
There were many variations in the arrivals of the Jews from Sobibor to Auschwitz. In the book Night the Jewish people were crammed into the train and were crushed by their belongings. In contrast, the Jews in "Escape from Sobibor" had no idea they were on their way to a concentration camp, because they were dressed in furs and attempted to tip the kapos. Another noticeable difference in the arrivals of the Jews would be that in Sobibor the Jews were immediately asked if they had a trade. On the other hand, in Auschwitz, the
Jews were at the camp for a little while before they were asked if they were professionals. These differences are due to the different years in the war.
The conditions seen at Auschwitz were far much worse than the conditions at Sobibor. At Auschwitz, the prisoners were ridiculously thin, unlike the healthy looking prisoners at Sobibor. This would also be due to the time in the war. In the concentration camps of Auschwitz or even Buna, prisoners weren't concerned about trying to escape. In Sobibor the prisoners were so content on escaping, they created a full-fledged plan on what needed to be done in order to escape. In the movie "Escape from Sobibor", the kapos were trying to help some of the Jews who were coming off the train by telling them to say they have a trade. In Night, Elie Wiesel says that the kapos were the meanest and most brutal group in the concentration camp.
As the prisoners exited the concentration camps, there was a vast difference between Sobibor, and Auschwitz. When the prisoners exited Sobibor, there was chaos and disorder because everyone was running for their lives. On the contrary, when prisoners were exiting the camp in Night, they marched or ran in an orderly fashion. Another difference would be that in Sobibor, the prisoners forced their exit; and in Auschwitz the Germans forced the exits on the Jews. A branch off of the fact that in one camp was chaos and disorder and in the other was precision; would be that the prisoners were fleeing in many different directions in Sobibor.
In all, the overall conditions in Night were much worse than in "Escape from Sobibor." From the arrivals to the exits, the Germans showed a drastic change in behavior as the war continued. Early on in the war, people were much more determined to escape and overcome the Germans. As the war was coming to an end, the Jews were only worried about their survival.
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