▁writer , ▁professor , ▁political ▁activ ist , ▁Nobel ▁La ure ate , ▁and ▁Hol oca ust ▁surv iv or , ▁El ie ▁Wies el ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁ 5 7 ▁books , ▁including ▁Night , ▁a ▁work ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁experiences ▁as ▁a ▁prisoner ▁in ▁the ▁Aus ch witz , ▁B una , ▁and ▁Buch en wald ▁concentration ▁cam ps . ▁Wies el ' s ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁play ▁The ▁Tri al ▁of ▁God ▁is ▁about ▁a ▁trial ▁in ▁which ▁God ▁is ▁the ▁def endant , ▁and ▁is ▁reported ly ▁based ▁on ▁events ▁that ▁Wies el ▁himself ▁witness ed ▁as ▁a ▁te en ager ▁in ▁Aus ch witz . ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁trial , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁arguments ▁are ▁made , ▁both ▁for ▁and ▁against ▁God ' s ▁gu ilt . ▁Wies el ' s ▁the ological ▁st ance , ▁illustrated ▁through ▁the ▁intuit ive ▁possibilities ▁of ▁literature , ▁is ▁a ▁the ology ▁of ▁exist ential ist ▁protest , ▁which ▁neither ▁den ies ▁God , ▁nor ▁accepts ▁the od ic ies . ▁Regarding ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁protest ▁in ▁particular , ▁Men ach em ▁M end el ▁Schne erson ▁maintained ▁a ▁correspond ence ▁with ▁Wies el , ▁ur ging ▁him ▁to ▁perce ive ▁faith ▁( em un ah ) ▁as ▁the ▁trans c endent al ▁pre condition ▁of ▁authentic ▁protest . ▁In ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁books , ▁Norman ▁L amm ▁tre ats ▁Wies el ' s ▁the ological ▁novel , ▁The ▁Town ▁Bey ond ▁the ▁Wall , ▁to