The chaos and destruction that the Nazis are causing is not only changing the lives of Jews, but also the lives of citizens of other countries. Between Elie Wiesel's Night and Corrie ten Boom's The Hiding Place, camaraderie, faith, strength, and people with vision are crucial to the survival of the main characters. Ironically, in both stories there is a foreseen future, which both seemed to be ignored. Before the Great War begins to impact the lives of Wiesel and ten Boom, both families experience a premonition of a dark future ahead of them. Ironically, neither family chooses to listen to these signals. In the novel Night there are two events of visions. One is a character called Moshe the Beadle. It is a premonition for the city of Sighet where Elie and his family live. Moshe is a sign because he survived and returned to tell his story and warn the people of the dangers they were about to face. Moshe reaches the city and shouts, "I warned you." And he left without waiting for an answer” (10) His story speaks of his experience as a prisoner on the train: The Jews were ordered to get off and get into the waiting trucks. There everyone was ordered to leave. They were forced to dig huge trenches. Without passion or haste they shot the prisoners, who were forced to approach the trench one by one and cut their necks. Children were thrown into the air and used as targets for machine guns (Wiesel 10). Unfortunately, Moshe's stories went from ear to ear for those who listened. He went from one Jewish home to another telling of his experience, “people not only refused to believe his stories, but refused to listen to them. Others openly said that he had gone mad” (7). Even in Night, Madame Sch...... middle of paper ......, which made him even more upset because it was her father. Also, he talks about going down into his inner consciousness to find out why he actually wasn't that upset and would have been if it was the first week in the camp. Elie believes that if he had penetrated his thoughts he would have come out with something like, "Free at last!..."(112). Between the night and the hiding place, the camaraderie, faith, strength and visions of people have clearly proved essential to survival in these death camps. Corrie, Elie, and the other victims of this harsh brutality who survived possessed a rare quality that unfortunately six million other people did not possess. Works Cited Boom, Corrie, John L. Sherrill, and Elizabeth Sherrill. The hideout, . Washington Depot, Connecticut: Selected Books; [distributed by Revell, 1971. Print.Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York Bantam Books, 1960.