The holocaust was one of, if not the, worst events in history, German soldiers killed six million Jewish men, women, and children, and even more were put into concentration camps. Elie Wiesel wrote a book about the time he served in concentration camps called Night. (simple) During his time in the camps he suffered many tragedies including losing his entire family. He was beaten, tested over and over for many months, and he was filled with trepidation, yet he kept going through it all. He was forced to evacuate and move to another camp, the soldiers made him run to an abandoned town, then to a train where him and many others were shoved into one box car. This part of his memoir is the most terrifying because of the horrid weather, dangerous prisoners, and the blood-curdling soldiers. As he was running the harsh weather caused many to fall and die. The weather was cold and snowy, the people had little on, and even though they were running it didn’t stop from making them cold or sick. When the soldiers let them stop at the town, many sank into the snow, and or fell asleep. Elie’s father knew better, for if they …show more content…
The German soldiers forced many prisoners out of one camp and made them run to an abandoned town, and if they stopped running or fell, the soldiers would shoot them. When at the town they let the prisoners die, and they didn’t give them any place to sleep or keep warm in the snow. They shoved all of them onto a train where all they had was a blanket each, but snow covered them so it didn’t do any good. “A thick layer of snow was accumulating on our blankets”( pg. 96). Also, they didn’t give them any food, and if they did it would be just bread pieces that they threw into the car for their own amusement. In addition to that, they never did anything to keep them from killing each other. All the soldiers wanted was for the prisoners to end up