When Eliezer and his father arrived at the barrack in the concentration camp, they were met with chaos and fear. The prisoners were stripped of their identities, forced to endure inhumane conditions, and subjected to harsh treatment by the guards. Eliezer and his father were separated from their loved ones and faced the grim reality of their new life in the camp, filled with uncertainty and despair. This marked a pivotal moment in their journey, as they began to grapple with the brutalities of their situation.
A gypsy Kapo.
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They were sent to Auschwitz. Later, Elie and his father were moved to Buchenwald.
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.
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 saves his father from the selection at Gleiwitz by quickly switching places with him during the chaotic process. Eliezer's father was deemed too weak to continue, so Eliezer took his father's place in line, knowing that his father's survival was crucial. This act of selflessness and sacrifice ultimately saved his father from being sent to the gas chambers.
well you remember the guy that wanted eliezer gold crown...eliezer's father stopped eliezer from giving it to him so, to get back at him, he was beating up eliezer's father cause he doesn't know how to march,so to stop the guy from beating his dad eliezer decided to teach him how to march<i hope it make sense> ~Daffy~
Elie and his father were at Auschwitz for approximately three months before being evacuated to the Buchenwald concentration camp. After their time at Buchenwald, they were eventually liberated by the Allied forces in April 1945.
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.
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.