One day Eliezer had crossed Idek's path when he was mad. Idek starting beating him in the chest, head, and kept throwing him on the ground and picking him up again. He beat him so much until he was covered in blood. After he was done he sent him back to work as if nothing happened.
A lady that he worked with who he thought was French helped clean him up, and spoke in German saying: "Bit your lips, little brother . . . Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now . . . Wait. Clench your teeth and wait . . ."
After some years he saw that same lady in Paris, and reminded her of that day in Buna when she had helped him after Idek had beat him.
That was a terrible time for Eliezer because he had done nothing to receive such beatings, yet he won't forget that day because he still see the images in his head.
I really felt bad for Eliezer when I read about that part when he was getting beaten for no reason at all. Living in the concentration camps really made people act mean and harsh towards one another. I could picture the scene in my mind, with Eliezer on the ground drenched with blood. I can't believe that he was sent back to work as if nothing happened. Thankfully, the french lady helped comfort his wounds at that time. It was a coincidence that he bumped into her in Paris. They both started talking about that day and she told him the story of how she was put in that camp even though she wasn't really a Jew.
ReplyDeleteThis really describes the setting because it shows how you must be careful at all times because there is almost nothing you can do sometimes to protect yourself from the Germans. It must have been terrifying to be in their presence.
ReplyDeletei very much, agree with rosemarie because the setting shows a little bit of a moral, meaning that it shows how you must be care full wherever you are, because things can always happen. In this case they had to be care full to protect themselves from the Germans.
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