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He had no choice. He (and many other Jews) were forced into many camps like this by the Nazis and Hitler.
In "Night" by Elie Wiesel, there is no specific mention of the number of people who got off the train car at Buchenwald concentration camp. However, the book describes the chaotic and brutal conditions upon arrival, where many prisoners were immediately killed or died shortly after.
there was 300 men and when they got to buchenwald there was only 254 men.
12 when they had arrived in Birkenau
The German Wikipedia article on Buchenwald gives the total number of prisoners killed at Buchenwald as 56,000 - of whom 11,000 were Jews. (Note that Buchenwald not an extermination camp and was not specifically for Jews).
He had no choice. He (and many other Jews) were forced into many camps like this by the Nazis and Hitler.
In "Night" by Elie Wiesel, there is no specific mention of the number of people who got off the train car at Buchenwald concentration camp. However, the book describes the chaotic and brutal conditions upon arrival, where many prisoners were immediately killed or died shortly after.
there was 300 men and when they got to buchenwald there was only 254 men.
Elie is angry with his father because he feels abandoned and neglected by him during their time in the concentration camps. Elie perceives his father as weak and burdensome, and their strained relationship is a result of the extreme circumstances they are forced to endure together.
12 when they had arrived in Birkenau
This has been something that has been asked for many years and for now, has led nowhere.In fact, the entire allegation of having even been sent to a concentration has never been verified by anyone besides Wiesel.His name is not found on any of the concentration camp listings (of which the Nazi's were well known for), and even Wiesel's allegation that he is present in the famous Buchenwald liberation photo (a claim he first made in the late 80's) has been contested as being false by Miklos Gruner, who was in fact in the photo and been verified as a inmate of Buchenwald concentration camp.
The German Wikipedia article on Buchenwald gives the total number of prisoners killed at Buchenwald as 56,000 - of whom 11,000 were Jews. (Note that Buchenwald not an extermination camp and was not specifically for Jews).
Around 2,000
By the end of the novel, there is none. A striking blow to their faiths were the pipel's hanging and Elie's contemplation of God, combined with the knowledge that had they stayed in the infirmary, they would have survived together. The only hope that came after that was the resistance of the camp uprising. However, that was abrupt and there was a period of hopelessness during the story as Elie is constantly beaten morally and physically.
Accoding to the Wikipedia article on Buchenwald 56,545 prisoners perished at Buchenwald out of a total of 238,380 who entered the camp alive. This does not, however, mean that the others all survived, as many prisoners were transferred to other camps and perished there. (It was a harsh concentration camp, but not an extermination camp).
A conflict is Elie's struggle with abandoning his dad, because he is fighting with his need for self-preservation and his love for his father Another conflict is Elie's struggle with his faith in God.
that would depend upon who 'they' were.