his family, and all the victims of the holocaust. The main idea of this book is to

get people to realize the pain and suffering of the Jewish people during the

Holocaust. Because of cruel incidents, people's emotions go numb. They had

no lives. The Jewish prisoners went to any length to stay alive; lying, killing,

and even betraying family. Jewish prisoners knew nothing about how to

survive the deadly camp of Auschwitz. Most Jewish prisoners were thrown

into ditches to burn if not the right age or if they looked too weak to work.

Elie and his father lied about their ages to pass the first selection. By lying

about their ages, they were viewed as more fit to work. The prisoners

actually came to realize "Work is liberty" at Auschwitz. Lying became

common among the Jews to pass selections. Rations of food were scarce,

thus killing for crumbs were occurrences that happened daily. For instance, a

todays world? After thinking about actions that took place during this time

period, could there be another Holocaust? No one really knows what could

me? I'm your father... you're hurting me...you're killing your father! I've got

happen. Aren't their events that take place in racism crimes today around the

when someone died no one cared. Family betraying family took place during

our society doesn't corrupt bad enough for it to happen again but, only time

for as long as possible until the S.S. soldiers said they could stop. The penalty

made people genocidal. Feelings left their souls on the first day at camp, for

Some common words found in the essay are:
Meir Meir, Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz Jewish, Auschwitz Lying, jewish prisoners, betraying family,
Approximate Word count = 921
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)