The term genocide did not exist before 1944. It is a very specific term, referring to violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group. Human rights, as laid out in the U.S. Bill of Rights or the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, concern the rights of individuals.

-* The reason why Elie names his book night  because Night refers to the darkness and the abyss that the author enters.

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The reason Elie Wiesel named the book night because to be a witness to the Holocaust, so that it would never be forgotten. Also, because talking about many people in those circumstances can be abstract and intellectual, whereas reading about a few people with names and personalities can bring the emotional reality of it closer.