Night Chapter 4
Going through life at Buna
What is so important about the bomb raid?
When the planes are dropping bombs on the camp, it gives the prisoners a sense of relieve because those American planes mean that there is still hope that they will survive this cruel way of life. "Every bomb that hit filled (them) with joy", and even though the bombs could have ended many lives, they did not care anymore because they "no longer feared death".
Bombing at Camps
As described in "Night", there were bombings by American planes in all of the three sub-camps in Auschwitz.
Dentists at Buna
The main job of a dentist at Auschwitz was to remove any gold teeth seen in prisoners mouths, as they soon did with Eliezer and his crown.
Food rations
Soup was the primary meal of the day along with bread occasionally. It was always brought to camps in huge barrels and had hardly any nutrition.
Hold on Hope
Even though all seemed to be doomed, Elie never gave into death. He kept fighting to stay alive and every once and a while there were signs of faith, such as the bombing that made their "eyes shine with hope". This hope then carried Eliezer and other survivors to freedom.
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