Ellie Wiesel before the Holocaust
The prisoners arrive at the Gleiwitz camp. Eliezer and his father are thrown to the ground. Fighting for air, Eliezer discovers that he is lying on top of Juliek. Eliezer soon finds that he himself is in danger of being crushed to death by the man lying on top of him. Eliezer falls asleep to the music of Julieks violin, and when he wakes he finds Juliek dead. Eliezer’s father is sent to stand among the condemned to die, so Eliezer runs after him. Eliezer and his father are able to sneak back over to the other side during the panic. The prisoners are picked up by cattle cars.
The prisoners ordered to throw out the bodies of the dead men. Eliezer’s father, is almost thrown from the car, but Eliezer wakes him. The Jews get so hungry on the train that they survive on snow. As they pass through German towns, some people throw bread into the car in order to watch the Jews kill each other for the food. One night, someone tries to strangle Eliezer in his sleep, but Meir Katz rescues him. When the train arrives at Buchenwald, only twelve out of the 100 men who were in Eliezer’s train car are still alive.
The prisoners from Buna are evacuated. Anybody who stops running is shot by the SS. A boy named Zalman stops and is run over and dies. Eliezer forces himself to run along with the other prisoners only for his father running near him. After running for more than forty-two miles, the prisoners find themselves in a deserted village. Rabbi Eliahou is looking for his son and ends up in the shed where Eliezer and his father are collapsed. Eliezer tells him he has not seen the son, but, he saw the son running ahead when it seemed Rabbi Eliahou would not survive. Eliezer prays that he will never do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son did.
The prisoners arrive at the Gleiwitz camp. Eliezer and his father are thrown to the ground. Fighting for air, Eliezer discovers that he is lying on top of Juliek. Eliezer soon finds that he himself is in danger of being crushed to death by the man lying on top of him. Eliezer falls asleep to the music of Julieks violin, and when he wakes he finds Juliek dead. Eliezer’s father is sent to stand among the condemned to die, so Eliezer runs after him. Eliezer and his father are able to sneak back over to the other side during the panic. The prisoners are picked up by cattle cars.
The prisoners ordered to throw out the bodies of the dead men. Eliezer’s father, is almost thrown from the car, but Eliezer wakes him. The Jews get so hungry on the train that they survive on snow. As they pass through German towns, some people throw bread into the car in order to watch the Jews kill each other for the food. One night, someone tries to strangle Eliezer in his sleep, but Meir Katz rescues him. When the train arrives at Buchenwald, only twelve out of the 100 men who were in Eliezer’s train car are still alive.
2 comments:
The summary was very detailed throughout including specific characters. The picture of the author was a good visual. Good work.
Very good summary of the section. It was very thoughtful and very informative. But some kind of audio or video clip could have been cool.
Steven Arnold
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