Elie and his father were never close before they were taken to the concentration camps, and as much as the camps tore apart families, it actually brought Elie and his father closer together. Mr. Wiesel was never too involved with his own family, he was very passionate about helping others. While in the concentration camps,the two survived off of each other and it created a solid bond between the two, that wasn’t there in Sighet. When Elie’s father became ill with Dysentery, Elie took care of him as best he could and spent every second he could with him. When the camp was traveling to Buchenwald, Elie cared for his father, as he watched the Rabbi search frantically for his son, and his son try and escape from his father. This cat and mouse chase
