Elie Wiesel's father did not die during the death march. He died after the death march, in Buchenwald. He died from dysentery (also, starvation and exhaustion). In Night, Elie said that his father was suffering from dysentery, and had kept asking for water, when one of the guards hit him over the head with a truncheon, and by morning he was dead.
Elie Wiesel's father died in 1945 while they were in Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
Chlomo, Elie Wiesel's father, died in 1945
His father died either on January 28 or January 29 1945.
Elie Wiesel's father died at Buchenwald.
Elie Wiesel's father held onto his spoon and his knife in the camp as symbols of survival and hope. The spoon was for sustenance, while the knife provided protection and a sense of control in their dire circumstances.
dysentery
Elie feels guilty about his treatment of his father near the end of the book because he prioritized his own survival over caring for his father, leading to moments where he wished his father would die. Elie's guilt stems from feeling that he failed to show compassion and support to his father when he needed it most.
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According to Elie's book Night, his father died in Buchenwald. Just before the camp was liberated by the American Army. Chlomo (also spelled Shlomo), Elie's father was diagnosed with dysentery (disease of the intestines) and sent to the crematory where he was killed.
Elie Wiesel and His Father in the Book 'Night'Our users give their impressions:Elie and his father were especially close at the death camps. They were inseparable, really. They loved each other and would not let that fade and be separated. They would die for one another if it was necessary. His father died. Elie was a witness to it. He never forgave himself for letting the SS man beat his father to death since his father was ill and cried for water to feel better.Elie's relationship with his father is very close. However, the relationship between Elie and his father, Chlomo, changes throughout the novel. At the beginning of the novel, Elie and his father have a fairly close relationship, apart from his father's commitments to the community (not having time for his kin (family). Even in saying that Elie loved and respected his father just as everyone in the community did. But further on in the novel, they drift further and further apart. At some stage, Elie starts to feel that his father is a burden. And at the end Elie has no tears to cry when his father finally dies.
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