Elie is whipped fifty times.
Elie is whipped by Idek as punishment for leaving his assigned work area. Idek is a Kapo who oversees the prisoners' work details in the concentration camp.
Elie was put in a punishment block for leaving his work and for butting into other people's business.
Elie Wiesel was assigned to the electrical warehouse in Buna.
Elie Wiesel received 25 lashes from Idek as punishment for walking in on him with a young Polish girl.
Elie sees himself staring back at him, never leaving his memory.
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Elie Wiesel was imprisoned in several concentration camps during the Holocaust, including Auschwitz. In Auschwitz, prisoners were assigned to different blocks based on factors like age, gender, and health status. As such, the specific block that Elie was assigned to would vary depending on those factors at the time of his imprisonment.
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.
Elie Wiesel became A-7713 when he arrived at Auschwitz concentration camp. Upon entering the camp, prisoners were assigned identification numbers to dehumanize them and strip them of their individuality. This number became Elie's new identity during his time in the camp.
A fellow prisoner in the concentration camp told Elie that his name had not been written down during the selection process, which meant he would not be assigned a work detail and would likely be sent to the gas chamber.
Elie Wiesel was whipped by a prisoner trustee in the concentration camp because he witnessed the trustee trying to avoid work. This incident highlights the brutal and arbitrary nature of punishment in the camp, where inhumane treatment was common.
He was a Jew.
The men built a signal fire upon leaving camp to guide any latecomers to their location in "Night" by Elie Wiesel.