In chapter 6, the prisoners are forced to run away from their camp through the snow and anyone who cant keep up is killed by the SS guards. Elie's friend Zalman gets a stomach cramp, slows down, then falls and gets trampled by all the other running prisoners. After running for a few hours, the prisoners are finally ordered to rest. Elie and his father find a shed to stay warm in, but they wont fall asleep because they know that if they do, they will surely die. People are dying all around them. Bodies are laying all over the snow. Later on, Rabbi Eliahu asks him where his son has gone, but Elie says he doesn't know. However, Elie remembers that he saw the man's son fall and die on the long run. He prays that he will never be that cruel to his own father.
Next, all the prisoners march to a Gleiwitz, anither camp where there is a selection, and Elie brings his father, who did not pass, onto the side that passed. Then they leave and wait for another train which they are pushed on. This chapter was very sad, it showed the horrible things that the prisoners had to go through and how easily they could have died.
Next, all the prisoners march to a Gleiwitz, anither camp where there is a selection, and Elie brings his father, who did not pass, onto the side that passed. Then they leave and wait for another train which they are pushed on. This chapter was very sad, it showed the horrible things that the prisoners had to go through and how easily they could have died.
It was probably ridiculously hard for them to continue running. They was malnourished and freezing, yet they were forced to run over 10 miles! Good summary
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