Blog 2- Part 1 & 2

Part 1:

The relationship between Elie and his father at this point in the story is starting to dwindle down. It's not that Elie and his father are avoiding each other or hating each other, but it seems that Elie's father really seems to be physically drained and cannot seem to handle the 'experience' anymore and does not seem to have the energy to keep going with life. "What are we going to do?", said Elie (My father didn't answer). "What are we going to do?", said Elie (He was lost in thought). This really showed how Elie truly started to not consider his father's lead and some doubt of how far they'd go together kicked in.

Part 2:

Elie was contained at the worst concentration camps during the Holocaust; Auschwitz. Auschwitz all in all, had a death rate of over 1.1 million people; Jews as well as minorities or "imperfect people". The concentration camp was located in Oświęcim, Poland; being set up after Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. The camp was operational from May 1940- January 1945, after Soviet troops liberated it on January 27, 1945. Auschwitz was ran with an "iron fist" to keep German control over the prisoners. Throughout the camp and its sub-camps; nearly 20,000 people were cremated or gassed in a single day. Also, prisoners were even tested on such as: how long a person can stay awake before death; by the "Angel of Death", Dr. Josef Mengele, demonstrating the true torture and pain brought during the Holocaust.