Schlomo Wiesel
Schlomo Wiesel is Elizer's father. An unsentimental man, he gave little time and emotion to his family. He was, however, a respected leader in the community of Sighet.
Town folk came to seek council from him for both business and personal matters. During times of uncertainty and fear, he was a source of security for others. He offer his council when they moved into the ghetto and became a leader to the Jews.
This honor turned to a terrible burden as the Hungarian Police took advantage of his role of influence and burdened him with information of the Jew's destiny which he could not share on pain of death. He knew their fate, yet he gave them hope.
While at the camps, Eliser and his father became more and more distant as the struggle for life increased. His emotional disengagement became more severe and Elizer's concern for his father became that of a stranger, in essence, dismissive.
A parallel can be drawn between Elizer's relationship with his father and Elizer's loss of faith in God, one of the themes of the story Night.
