The whole camp of Buna had to be evacuated. Elie had the choice to stay in the infirmary or go. He chose to go because it all came down to his foot. Those who stayed in the infirmary were liberated two days later. However, before they left, the barracks leader told them to clean up because they wanted to let the Red Army know that men lived there and not pigs. They had to run all of the way. They left at night, and the prisoners had been running throughout the night under the orders of S.S. guards. The S.S. were told to shoot those who stopped running. Anyone who stopped running would be shot on the spot. Those prisoners who were too weak for the journey would quickly get tired and slow down. They had to run all night. Elie had the choice to stop running and get shot. He thought he could die right there. It would be so easy for all of this pain and suffering to stop. Everyone had to run, even the Germans. However, they had vehicles. They had to run 20 kilometers or about 15 miles. They had to march or run the whole way so no one would find out what the Germans were doing.
All of the prisoners were tired, but they could not fall asleep. Elie and his father could not fall asleep at the same time. They had to take turns sleeping and look out for one another. If they were to both fall asleep, they were most likely to not wake up again due to hypothermia. It would have only taken forty minutes to an hour. Then, they come across a man looking for his son. It was Rabbi Eliahu. They lost each other while marching. They were separated. This was because they only cared for themselves at this point. They did not care about one another. It was every man for himself, unlike Elie and his father. Elie wouldn't allow himself to be away from his father. He was the only reason he was carrying on. I feel bad for Elie and his father. I've been winter camping as a boy scout, and there are some times I just want to pass out in the snow. Sometimes it feels good, but I know it won't do me any good. They also have little clothing protecting them. What a dilemma. They could just end it all of they were to stop marching.
Good job summarizing the chapter adn adding a few of your own thoughts on it. I felt bad for them sleepign outside in the snow too because that wouldn't be fun. Nice job empathizing with them from winter camping, and good job not passing out in the snow since that wouldn't be good. they're kind of in a dilemma overall being in a concetration camp, but yeah sleeping outside in the snow with little clothing isn't so great either. Well done here with your blog.
ReplyDeleteVery good job with your blogpost Akio. I also feel bad for them because they need to sleep in very freezing conditions. If they fall asleep they would die of the cold. Most of them would die since they don't have anyone to wake them up. however if he had stayed in the camp they would not have gone through all that pain.yeah it was very tempting to die you just needed to stop marchin and you would get killed on the spot.
ReplyDeleteNice job summarizing on what happened in part of the chapter Akio! I feel bad for those who got shot when they stopped running because they could not run anymore because they were weak. Sadly a lot of them died and mostly around Elie and he witnessed it all in front of him and he wanted to quit too and almost did, btu eh promised that he will not leave his dad and he continued on. I also feel bad for Elie and especially his father too because he barely got sleep from the other nights and yet he has a chance to rest, but he lets Elie go first. Nice Job with your blog Akio.
ReplyDeleteGood job with your blog post, Akio. I really enjoyed reading it and your summary/opinion were good. And I also agree, I also feel bad for Elie and his father because they have been through a lot together. There were moments when Elie's father could have been killed in selection but Elie was always there for his father and never left him alone. They were living for each other. Another reason to feel bad for them is that they are evacuating in horrible conditions. I couldn't imagine walking 15 miles in the freezing cold, it would be very hard but many had motivation and made it our alive. Overall, goob job Akio.
ReplyDeleteGood job on your blog post. I liked how you summarized the position that Elie and his father were in and how they were going to survive. I agree with you that Elie and his father were suffering a lot after all of what they have been through. Nice job on empathizing with them in your experiences. Overall well done on your blog post.
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