However, if the British were to let Moshe go, then the people of the Movement would let Dawson go as well. The Movement threatened that if David Ben Moshe is executed, then they will kill John Dawson. In retaliation, the Movement took hostage a British captain named John Dawson. The British took David ben Moshe as a prisoner of war and sentenced him to be executed at dawn. While on one mission, a "brother" named David ben Moshe was injured and captured. Everyone within the Movement goes on separate assignments. After Elisha is trained, he is sent out on missions to kill the British in large quantities. Elisha is sent to a training camp for six weeks to learn how to be a freedom fighter. The Movement is a group of terrorists made up of Jews who are fighting the British for control over Palestine. Elisha agrees and moves to Palestine to help fight with the Movement. A man named Gad stops over at Elisha's house to ask if he will give him his future. The book starts out in Paris with Elisha, the main character, trying to start over from his childhood at Buchenwald Concentration Camp. The novel covers his internal struggle leading up to the execution, looking back on his life and those that have affected it. One night, he is told he must execute a British officer at dawn. After the war, Elisha moves to the British Mandate of Palestine and joins the Irgun (in the book known as the Movement), a paramilitary group determined to oust the British from the area. It tells the story of Elisha, a Holocaust survivor. It is the second in a trilogy - Night, Dawn, and Day - describing Wiesel's experiences and thoughts during and after the Holocaust. Dawn is a novel by Elie Wiesel, published in 1961.
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