When Elie and the prisoners saw that the pipel was hanged the prisoners asked where God was and why doesn't he save them and why would let a little boy die for no reason. The prisoners had to watch when the noose went around the pipels neck until the pipel took his last breath. When the hanging of the pipel was over the prisoners wondered, “Where is the merciful God . . .”(64). The convicts wanted to know why the God who is supposed to keep them safe and who they put all their trust in won’t rescue them from the agony they have been put through. The prisoners figured out God might not save them anymore because God is “hanging here from from this gallows”(65). The pipels hanging showed the prisoners what the truth is and how God won't even spare