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A gypsy Kapo.
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Eliezer did not want his father to rest because he saw the dead bodies laying all around when they tried to rest and died. so if his father would have rested, chances are he would have died.
They were sent to Auschwitz. Later, Elie and his father were moved to Buchenwald.
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Eliezer's father dies at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Meir Katz is Eliezer's father's friend from Buna. In the cattle car to Buchenwald, Katz saves Eliezer's life from an unidentified assailant.
Shlomo was eliezer's father
The gypsy strikes Eliezer's father because he asked where the toilets were.
He didn't help and just watched as his father was beaten. And, he never responded to his fathers dying calls (his father kept saying 'Eliezer' and Eliezer never responded out of fear of being beaten).
Eliezer gave his father marching lessons in the concentration camp to help him avoid being chosen for selection and to keep him moving to avoid being killed. It was a way to keep his father strong and motivated to survive the harsh conditions of the camp.
Meir Katz is a Jewish man from Sighet who joins the same transport as Elie Wiesel and his father when they are deported to Auschwitz. He is a powerful and kind-hearted man who tries to keep morale up among the prisoners during their journey. Katz later dies in the concentration camp.
Eliezer avoided suffocation by staying close to his father during the death march from Buna to Buchenwald. He also mustered the strength to keep moving and endure the harsh conditions. Additionally, his will to survive and determination played a crucial role in helping him avoid suffocation.
A gypsy Kapo.
Elie and his father were at Auschwitz for about three months. After that, they were transferred to the Buchenwald concentration camp in January 1945.
The main character in "Night" by Elie Wiesel is Eliezer, a Jewish teenager who experiences the horrors of the Holocaust during World War II. Eliezer narrates his story of survival in Nazi concentration camps, grappling with his faith and humanity in the face of unimaginable atrocities.
He was unconscious.