Dawn Author:Elie Wiesel; tr. from the French by Frances Frenaye Through the night two men wait to look on the face of death. One of them is John Dawson, a British hostage. The other is Elisha, a young Jew, a survivor of the Nazi camps who has seen death close up - but only as a victim. Elisha will be John dawson's executioner. — In occupied Palestine, the British are preventing the birth of a Jewish nation. E... more »lisha sees the need of the death he is to create; but he abhors murder and he has never killed. He is 18 years old and must face a man and kill him at dawn.« less