Before the Holocaust began Elie was a very spiritual young boy, who wanted to further his knowledge in the Jewish faith. “[Elie] believe[s] profoundly. During the day [Elie] studied the Talmud, and at night [Elie] …show more content…
The Jews were packed into a small cattle train one of the Jew from Sighet named Madame Schachter kept yelling out that she saw fire in the sky, out in the distance. No one believed her until they arrived at Auschwitz they had to be separated, men to the left women to the right. The Jews saws the flames, the flames that Madame Schachter was talking about in the cattle train is the crematory that Nazis are sending Jews to, to be exterminated. Elie and his father are sent to the left, while they are heading to either the prison or the crematory the don’t know yet, Elie witnesses trucks deliver babies to the pit. Elie saw children being consumed with flames. Elie and his father end up at the prison instead of the crematory. This night Elie will remember for the rest of his life, “never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.” (Wiesel, 32) This night for Elie is more than just a night, it is the night he is separated from his mother and sister, it is the night that he witnesses Nazis in action, it is the night he see children, babies, and adults being consumed with flames. Elie, his father and many other Jews stayed in Auschwitz for three long weeks, then they were moved to the next concentration camp,