The Nazis kept the Jews in the Ghettos to keep them isolated from others.

The Ghettos was an important event in this book because the Jews were forced to move and leave all their belongings behind. Family Loyalty and Obligations connects to this book because Eliezer was always around his family when they lived in the Ghettos and did everything together.

Eliezer and all the Jews were limited to food and water during their trip to the Concentration Camp.

This event is important because all these innocent people were suffering and were limited on water and food. This was only the start of their journey and all the suffering that was ahead of them. This chapter of the book connects to State-Sponsored Violence because they were starved while heading to the Camp and they were pressured to walk faster.

When everyone arrived at the Concentration Camp they realized they were lied too and they were all separated from each other.

Arriving to the Concentration Camp was an important event in the book because that's when terror for Eliezer and the group of Jews he was with began. This chapter connects to Family Loyalty and Obligations because after they arrived Eliezer was always beside his family and even after they all got separated he was always with his father.

The pipel was sentenced to be hanged because he was being accused of "sabotaging" the electrical plant and possessing weapons.

Eliezer witnessed three prisoners one being a child get executed is an important event in the book because it shows how cruel they were treating innocent people. State-Sponsored Violence connects to this chapter because they would hang prisoners and they always found an excuse to why they should be hung or killed.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, where they celebrate Gods creation of the world but due to the situation Eliezer was in he just questioned his faith in God.

Rosh Hashanah is an important event in this book because it shows how Eliezer struggled to continue to keep his faith in God and believe that he would do miracles. Struggle with religious faith is a theme that could be connected to this chapter in the book because I believe not just Eliezer struggled to keep his faith but so did many others because God would allow many cruel things happen to them.

Eliezer and the rest of the prisoners were forced to run and increase there pace no matter how tired they were because the SS had orders to shoot anyone who wasn't able to keep the pace they were going at.

This is an important event because it was another terrible experience Eliezer had and during there evacuation Eliezer had thoughts about leaving his dad, just like Rabbi Eliahou's son left him. This connects to Individual survival  vs. The Collective Good because Eliezer was only looking out for himself and didn't realize the damage that caused his father.

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Eliezer's father was becoming very weak, Eliezer tried his best to make his father feel better but one of the SS told him that they were in the Concentration Camp and that everyone should worry about themselves and not about others.

Eliezer losing his father was a very important event in this book because Eliezer was now alone in the Concentration Camp. State-Sponsored Violence is a connection to this chapter because Eliezers dad was still alive but because he was becoming weaker day by day he was no longer fit to be a prisoner at the Camp so the SS took him to the crematorium.

Eliezer had become severely ill and spent two weeks in the hospital between life and death.

This event was important because all the prisoners were set free from the Concentration Camp but Eliezer still had to face one last challenge. The time he had in the hospital he was able to see himself in a mirror and the last time he did was when he was in the Ghettos. Individual survival  vs. The Collective Good is a connection on this event because it shows that Eliezer survived the Concentration Camp and many didn't.