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Elie Wiesel described the soup tasting like corpses after the young servant boy, the pipel, was hanged. The event deeply affected him, and he found it difficult to eat or find pleasure in anything after witnessing the execution.
In the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel, Pipel is a young Jewish boy who was hanged by the Nazi guards for aiding in an act of sabotage. Despite his young age, Pipel's execution serves as a powerful example of the dehumanization and brutality faced by Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust.
In the novel, Night, the young pipel is not given a name. He is an assistant at Buna, and ends up receiving a death sentence for sabotage.
The pipel (pipeline) might be hanging due to a lack of adequate support or attachment points, leading to it being loose or unstable. It's important to ensure proper installation and maintenance to prevent issues like this.
When the author mentions that the soup tasted excellent after the hanging of the youth from Warsaw, it highlights how the inmates were able to momentarily distract themselves from the horror by focusing on physical sensations like taste. However, after the hanging of the pipel, a young Jewish boy, the soup tasting of corpses symbolizes how the brutality and inhumanity of the execution had a much deeper and lasting impact on the prisoners, permeating even their basic experiences like eating.
In the novel "Night" by Elie Wiesel, the servant boy was hung because he was found guilty of sabotage. He acted against the Nazis by stealing during the air raid in the concentration camp. The Nazis used his execution as a deterrent to prevent future acts of rebellion.
He is referred to as "the pipel." The pipel was a young boy, maybe 13 or 14. He served under one of the heads of the blocks. Generally, the heads of the blocks were ruthless. However, this boy was a innocent, kind one. He was hung because the SS thought that he was leading a resistance force.
A Pipel was a young or adolescent boy (perhaps 12-15) who was 'favoured' by an SS man and had to - well - go for 'long walks in the woods' with him. One of the only two known survivors from Chelmno was a Pipel. Sometimes it really was a matter of life or death.
In Chapter 3 of "Night," Elie stops crying and becomes numb to the suffering around him. He sympathizes with the young pipel (assistant) who is condemned to death, feeling grief and pity for his cruel fate.
he was hung because he was considered to be and angel and a symbol of...a light in a dark room. so they decided to turn off the light. and also he wouldn't talk about something, i don't remember what ..yea(:
In Nazi concentration camps a pipel was a boy (usually in early adolescence) kept by an SS guard or a kapo for sex. This was tolerated at some camps.
The loss of this young boy symbolizes the death of Elie's innocence.