Thursday, March 29, 2012

Night section 3- Reyna Corona per, 2

In section 3 Elie and his family arrive at Birkenau and are immediately separated. They send men to the left and women to the right. When they are asking for ages Elie gets advice from another inmate to fake his age and Elie decides it seems wise to believe him. While they ask for ages  Elie says he is 18 and his father says he is 40. After this they are marched to the crematorium where they think this will be their last day alive. As they march closer Elie begins to doubt his faith and for the first time see the real holocaust first hand. Just as they are about to come to the crematorium they are given orders to march to the barracks. Once at the barracks they are told to strip out of their clothes, taken to the barber, and had all their hair shaven off. Days later they encounter a relative named Stein from Antwerp. He tells them that the only thing that has kept him alive is the prospect that his wife and children might still be alive. Days later Stein tells them that he heard that deportees from Antwerp were being brought in and  he went  to find out and they never heard from him again. Days later they are deported to Buna.



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