Prisoners were forced to run 42 miles in one night during a blizzard.
Prisoners were forced to run 42 miles in one night during a blizzard.
Because the main character is ordered to execute a British soldier at dawn.
In the book Night, Elie and the others are ordered to march to concentration camps, endure harsh conditions and forced labor, and face systematic dehumanization and cruelty at the hands of the Nazis. They are stripped of their possessions, separated from their families, and subjected to extreme suffering and violence.
Elie and the others are ordered to march to and be detained at a concentration camp. They are subjected to harsh treatment, including physical abuse, forced labor, and limited food and water. Their lives are marked by fear, uncertainty, and dehumanization.
At the concentration camps, Elie and his father support each other through their ordeal, offering each other comfort and companionship. Elie's father becomes his reason for survival, motivating Elie to keep fighting to stay alive and protect his father. Elie later feels guilt and relief after his father's death, as he is no longer burdened with the responsibility of caring for him in such harsh conditions.
A ration of soup and bread
The first edict in the book Night had ordered all foreign Jews to be expelled from Sighet, the town where Elie Wiesel lived with his family.
Elie and his father are similar in their shared determination to survive the Holocaust and their love for each other. However, they are different in their beliefs and behaviors, with Elie questioning his faith and struggling to care for his father at times, while his father remains steadfast in his faith and relies on Elie for support.
Elie and his father promise Akiba, a fellow prisoner, to say Kaddish for him if he dies. They also promise to not abandon each other and to help each other survive.
Elie was whipped in the concentration camp by a Kapo (a prisoner assigned by the Nazis to supervise other prisoners) for witnessing him committing a sexual act with a young girl. The Kapo whipped Elie to ensure his silence and prevent him from reporting the incident.
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As they approached the crematory they recited the Kaddish