Night-Section 3 Summary by Adrian Aguilar and Alexis Cordova- Period 4

Section 3 starts in Birkenau where the women and men are separated. Elie goes with his father, while his mother and sisters go to the women's side. Little did Elie know, this would be the last time he saw them. I think this shows how strong Elie is because the minute I am separated from my family, I would have broken down into tears. It must have been also difficult to wonder how they dealt with being cremated alive. I would be asking myself, did they suffer? Or was it quick? After being separated, another prisoner demands Elie and his father to lie about their age because this would allow them to survive. Other prisoners angrily inform Elie that the reason they are sent to Auschwitz was to be cremated. When asked by the doctor, Elie lies about his age and says he is a farmer, instead of a student. He is sent to the left with his father. At this point, Elie is still unsure about his safety because no one knows which direction leads to death or work. As they move throughout Birkenau Elie witnesses babies and adults being burned in pits and realizes the horrors Auschwitz is full of. Elie begins to challenge God and is angered that he would allow all the deaths of the innocent Jewish people. This gave me a sense of irony because Elie was very religious at first, but we begin to see the cracks in his faith from this scene. At first, it seems the group of men are moving toward the pit, which causes Elie to consider suicide with the electric fence. However, two steps from the pit, the group is redirected to barracks. Soon after arriving, the men are shaved, stripped, and dressed in prison uniforms. When days pass, Elie realizes how much he's changed when he fails to protect his father from a Kapo. They then move over to Auschwitz for three weeks, here prison numbers are tatooed on their arms. Elie's number is A-7713. At Auschwitz, Elie and his father meet a relative named Stein, who Elie lies to about his family's whereabouts to give him hope. When Stein discovers the truth about his family, he never returns to Elie again. At the end of the section, the group of workers embark on a four hour walk to their new work place, Buna.

Hateful Existence - David Munguia - English 6 - Ms. Haro
The Cruelty of the Nazi's and what, and how they impacted the world shocked everyone. When books were published about the horrors if the concentration camps, many had difficulty sleeping, such as a  certain Elie Wiesel.
"Babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes... children thrown into the flames."(32) This is just a sample of the horrors that the Jewish people were exposed to. The experience of the concentration camps made the prisoners hate their very existence.
The Nazi's would replace anyone seen as too humane. "At the start of the third  week, our blockalteste was removed; he was judged too humane."(44) Much cruelty was shown to the Jewish people, many families were forced to separate either by the separation of men and women, or by the different transports that were used to move the people near the battlefront. Stein, a relative of Elie's father admitted that the only reason he chose to live was for his family who had been taken from him due to the separation of men and women. When he discovered the truth of his family, I believe that he had chosen to die. Loss of family, such a terrible tragedy, was able to break everyone's will to the point of wishing for death to bless them with rest.

"Night" Section 3- Hilary Duarte per.2 & Jennifer Hernandez per.1

In this section 3 of "Night" Elie and his family arrive at Birkenau and are separated. They were told "Men to the left! Women to the  right!"(29).  Here they were given advice from another inmate to lie about his age in order to survive. Elie was told to be 18 and his father 40. Then they were marched to the crematoria where they were foced to think this would be the end of their lives. This is the first time Elie witnessed the horrors of  Auschwitz. Just as they were about to reach their doom they were ordered to march into barracks. Here they were stripped of their clothing, had their hair shaved, and foced to endure the cold. Then they were taken to Auschwitz. Here is where Elie hears his first human words spoken to him since arriving at Auschwitz. Days later they were tattooed numbers. From here on out Elie was known as A-7713. While at Auschwitz they encounter a relative from Antwerp, Stein. He syas that the only reason he is still alive is because he is clinging to the hope that his wife and children might still be alive. One day he hears that more deportees were brought in from Antwerp and he went to go find out if his wife and children were among them. After this they never saw him again. Days later they were deported to another part of Auschwitz: Buna.  

Chapter 3 - Carolina Leal , Denise Ruvalcaba p. 2

         In chapter 3, Elie and his family were being escorted from place to place. Once they got there, the women and the men were being separated by one of the SS men. When they were being separated, Elie's mother and sister went a different way from Elie and his father. As they went their own way, Elie held his fathers hand tightly to not lose him. An SS officer was giving orders and asked Ellie and his father for their age. When they answered, the inmate gave them a different age which was 18 and 40 and they were really 15 and 50. They kept walking and they get asked questions by an SS officer then they were told " Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium."(32) When they were told that, they saw flames and a truck unloading babies and throwing then into the flames. Elie couldn't believe what he was seeing, he thought it was a dream. They were looking at the people being thrown into the flames and they were praying. As they were watching, they got closer to being thrown into the flames. When they were two steps away they were asked to turn left and got saved from the flames. They were ordered to strip and keep only their belt and their shoes. Once they were naked, they were ordered to go to the barber.The next day at five in  the morning, they were ordered to run because they were expelled from their barrack. They were soaked in disinfection, and took a hot shower. They were ordered to run once again., but this time they were throwing clothes at them. An SS officer came in and said "You are in a concentration camp. In Auschwitz.''As he told them that "Remember it always, let it be graven in your memories. You are in Auschwitz. And Auschwitz is not a convalescent home. It is a concentration camp. Here, you must work. If you dont you will go straight to the chimney. To the crematorium. Work or crematorium-the choice is yours. "(39) Suddenly, Elie's father got a colic attack. The father asked a gypsy where the toilets were and then gypsy slapped him. One day in the afternoon, they were made to line up. As they lined up, three prisoners had a table with medical instruments. They were tattooed with a number. "I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name."(42) As days passed, they had a daily routine which was black coffee in the mornings, soup in the middays, afternoon roll call, bread with something, and at nine o'clock was bedtime. One day, someone came up to Ellie's dad, saying if they remember him and it was a relative but the dad did not recognize him. Then they never saw him again. Days later they arrived to a new camp, Buna.

 BOOM!- System of a Down


So when i hear this song it reminds me of the Jews and they're problem in the Genocide. This song can mean different things to other people but to me its stood out to me on this topic, since we're learning about it right now. It reminds me of them because when the lyric "money is spent on booms and DEATH showers", its like oh thats what they did to the Jews. The other lyric that stood out to me what "why do we kill our own kind", because its true know you like Jews are people as well. Why did the Germans kill them? Just because Hitlar to them to like i mean i know that was there leader but come on they are human too. Hitlar was just a crazy man. They aren't they animal and things that diserve to be treated that way. Thats just not right (it gets me mad). So thats what i had understood from that lyric. Last but not least the last lyric that stood out to me was "unnecessary death", like that its just like wow, yes they killing of the Jews i think it should have not happen at all and just like that. I really want to know the reason why they went of killing the Jews. But over all this song reminds me oh the Jews and the Genocide.

Night Selection 3 - Rachel Ocampo Period 3

                       Elie and his father has been separated from his mother and sister. "Man to the Left! Women to the Right!"(29). "My hand tightened its grip on my father"(30).  Elie was frightened on walking with a crowd, so he grabbed his fathers hand tightly. 

SS officers went around and asked people how old they were. "Hey, kid, how old are you?... fifteen..No you're eighteen.. I'm fifty... No you're forty"(30). The SS officers went around asking people their age and then changing them because they are getting people to work and their is a certain age limit for the people that can and cannot work. After everyone being registered of there suppose age, they were sent off to the field and started working. While working in the field they all of a sudden hear someone asking for his father. "Do you know where the family Wiesel from Sighet is?" 

 Elie and his father do not recognize him and he is husband with Elie's mother's aunt. Elie then remembers him but then lies to him because he looked very anxious in knowing how the family is. Elie tells him that they are perfectly fine. Then he had to leave because the officers were coming directed there way. the next day he would come and visit them. He would warn his father that Elie has to eat more because he is too skinny and it is tough working here and not eating he could die. 

The Selection Jason Negrete Period 3 Lupe Perez Period 6

Fire pit

Section 3 begins  in Birkenau. All the Jews go through the first of many selections: Men to the left Women to the right! Little did Eli know that as the last time he ever saw his mother or sister Tizpora. Imagine losing your mom and sister and never being able to say goodbye! Eli and hi father went through the second selection...The person in charge of this selection was Dr. Mengele. 

Dr. Mengele

The angel of death. He conducted dehumanizing experiments on twins. This cruel and terrifying monster decided the fate of those who walked before him...And Eli was next in line. "LEFT!" Eli waited anxiously, walked slowly to see where his father would go suddenly he hard a reassuring word: Left! The two were thrilled to be together-But where exactly were they going? The crematorium or safety? Babies were flung to their death into the depth of the fire. Were they next? Closer and closer came the stinging fire and stench of burning flesh in the air. Luckily, it's not their destination. They changed their course to the barracks at the last minute. Everyone sighed in relief. They got to survive one more day. Was surviving even an option? Did it mater anymore? They all knew sooner or later they were doomed. A Kapo officer lectures the Jews: Either you work or die. Thy all shower and get "branded" a number. No longer will they have a name. As if that isn't despicable enough, Eli's father gets slapped for wanting to use the restroom! Isn't it a natural right to be able to go o the restroom? They don't stay there long. Soon they're forced on a five mile march to their new destination: Auschwitz. Auschwitz is a concentration camp. They were fed well, but there isn't much to do so they sleep.While there, their relative Stein comes to visit. He asks if they have news f his family. Eli lies to give him hope. Only it didn't take too long for hm to fin out the truth. The real truth. Stein was never heard from again. Little after Stein's disappearance, Eli and his father are on the move again. A our hour walk to their new mp: Buna. Everything changes.

This song connects to the reading because i expresses emotion and despair.  vvv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfR238kimYU