https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis Elie Wiesel en-us 2020-11-10 13:26:28 UTC 2020-11-11 15:00:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2721.png 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908381316 "The heat, the thirst, the stench, the lack of air, were suffocating us. Yet all that was nothing compared to her screams, which tore us apart. A few more days and all of us would have started to scream."
This chapter begins to show that inhumane treatment these innocent Jews have already encountered. The transportation to the camp was only the beginning of how their lives would forever be affected. I know the fear of starting a new school or having to make new friends, but starting a whole new life in a place that is unknown is intimidating. These jews must have felt alone, betrayed, and unaware of what was going to happen. Elie mentions " after a few more days of this and all of us would start screaming" he is referring to the mental state these people were going through as they were use to a normal life style and now they are cramped into a small cattle car on the road to a camp they don't know. ]]> 2020-11-10 13:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908381316 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908437660 "NEVER SHALL I FORGET that night, the first night in camp, that
turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky."
The arrival at the camp was appalling to these victims. They arrived at this unknown place to see people getting killed, the smell of flesh rotting the air, and worst of all children being burned into flames. As a normal person you could only think to yourself " how could someone do this?" The thoughts you begin to develop could be awful as if someone could burn a child with no remorse. Elie remembers the first night that he thought was a nightmare, but turned into his reality. The life him and many others were about to be apart of.]]> 2020-11-10 13:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908437660 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908506151 "And so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death writhing before our eyes. And we were forced to look at him at close range. He was still alive when I passed him. His tongue was still red, his eyes not yet extinguished."
At this time the people apart of the camps were so use to seeing people die that watching them be hung didn't hurt them as bad. They had been living this way of life so quite some time that they were numb, numb to pain, life, and  hunger. The statement from the text shows how indifferent these SS soldiers were to the so called prisoners.I couldn't even imagine looking at a poor child being hung and being forced to watch. The young victim was not even killed but left to hang half dead and half alive as people just walked by with no sympathy.]]> 2020-11-10 14:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908506151 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908581737 "Before you go into the next
room, try to move your limbs, give yourself some color. Don't
walk slowly, run! Run as if you had the devil at your heels! Don't
look at the SS. Run, straight in front of you!" This is an example of selection, which was determined if you lived or got cremated. The prisoners were weak due to the lack of food and they had to prove they were still strong enough to work for someone who gave them no sorrow.  This would make me feel as though I had to prove their strength just to have death as my fate. These victims had to keep pushing themselves to make sure they can survive.  The requirements made them run as fast as they could when they were at their weakest. ]]> 2020-11-10 14:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/908581737 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910697993 "As we were not permitted to
bend down, we took out our spoons and ate the snow off our neighbors' backs. A mouthful of bread and a spoonful of snow. The SS men who were watching were greatly amused by the spectacle."
I could only imagine the hunger they were feeling to shovel snow off their neighbor's back for a water source. The torture began to get worse in this chapter and the food became more scarce. The Jews and the other people started to get the mindset of giving up due to the harsh conditions. Their eyes began to become heavy as they made it to the train in hopes to get to freedom. The prisoners worked very hard to get through the snow and other obstacles to make it alive in hopes to be freed. ]]> 2020-11-10 21:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910697993 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910736314 "And now hundreds of cries rose at once. The death rattle of an
entire convoy with the end approaching. All boundaries had been crossed. Nobody had any strength left. And the night seemed
endless."
As the chapters were ending the "end" felt like forever and death flet closer. The prisoners began to develop a mindset of death as it filled the air in inside the cattles.  The starvation, thirst, and weakness all started hitting as they tried to stay alive on the road to "freedom". I would feel so emotionally drained as I knew my end was coming and I fought so hard to survive. Elie noticed people fighting to survive with no strength in their bodies. ]]> 2020-11-10 21:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910736314 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910743053 "my father was getting weaker. His eyes were watery, his face the color of dead leaves. On the third day after we arrived in Buchenwald, everybody had to go to the showers. Even the sick, who were instructed to go last."
The feeling of seeing loved ones hurt or fighting for their lives is one of the most heart pulling moments. The fact that a young boy had to take care of his father due to the inhumane treatment they were put into is mournful. As a child I would be devastated to see my father in this poor state after fighting for so long. When Elie stated " Even the sick, who were instructed to go last" that is a great example of how these prisoner were treated. The SS guards forced the sick to shower last. The conditions were unbearable and only got worse as the days moved forward.]]> 2020-11-10 21:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910743053 23moneyk https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910746124 "OUR FIRST ACT AS FREE MEN was to throw ourselves onto the
provisions. That's all we thought about. No thought of revenge,
or of parents. Only of bread.
And even when we were no longer hungry, not one of us
thought of revenge. The next day, a few of the young men ran
into Weimar to bring back some potatoes and clothes—and to
sleep with girls. But still no trace of revenge."
The feeling of freedom was nonexistent to the free men because they had no family and went back home to public humiliation. They didn't even have revenge in their minds because they were so weak they could not even fight back. Their main goal was to get supplies for their needs and clothes for their bodies. The healing process from the experience would haunt them forever. The stories and events that took place to these victims will forever hold a place in their minds.The end of their "journey" was only the start to new life and new world to live in. ]]> 2020-11-10 21:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/23moneyk/jqn08st3w56jcuis/wish/910746124