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| Jews were being liberated from camp. |
Sections 7,8, and 9 of "Night" were the hardest and most hurtful months that Elie passed through. These last chapters demonstrate the whole reason for why the book was titled this way. Some of the many struggles that Elie overcomes are hunger, cold temperatures, the loss of his father and facing death. In chapter 7, prisoners are placed in cattle cars after arriving at Gleiwitz. This section of the story seems strange because Elie prays to God so that he can help him not make the same mistakes that Rabbi Elihou's son had done to his father. He realizes that he has to stick to his father so that they can overcome any challenge together. One thing that Elie will never forget is,seeing how the guards laughed at the prisoners killing each other for a piece of bread. In chapters 8 and 9 the prisoners arrive at Buchenwald after hours of restless running. In this time, Elies father is very ill, he had no strength to keep on living. Elie doesn't want his father to die but is upset with the fact that he doesn't have any hope to continue to stay strong and alive. At the end, Elies father ends up dying of dysentery. Elie in a way feels relieved that his father passed away because this way he can dedicate his time on trying to fight for his own life. On April 10, the camp, Gleiwitz, is liberated. The only thing that comes in mind to Elie, is to eat. These bad moments of his life that Elie went through, will never be forgotten!
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| Dysentery is the illness that Elies father died from |
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| Jewish prisoners preparing to evacuate Buna |
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