Then, Franek the foreman demands Eliezer's gold crown and begins abusing his father for two weeks when Eliezer refuses to give it to him. She admits that she actually is Jewish and had false papers at the camp and that the only time she spoke German at the camp was to him.Īnother day his father is beaten with an iron bar for working slowly, and Eliezer feels anger directed at his father only, for not knowing how to avoid the abuse. A French girl who passes as Aryan comforts him in German, and many years later, Eliezer sees her again in Paris. One day the Kapo, Idek, flies into a rage and starts beating Eliezer. ![]() Eliezer plans to use his crown to buy bread and describes how his life had become focused around his stomach and food. The dentist's surgery is shut down because the dentist is to be hanged for extorting some of the gold he extracted from patients. Once Eliezer is summoned to the dentist to have his gold crown removed, but he feigns illness two times and eventually gets to keep it. The head of the orchestra block is a Jew named Alphonse who sometimes gives them extra soup. Each episode is brief, and the narrative is somewhat fragmented. In this chapter Eliezer recounts a number of incidents that stand out in his memory. He hums Zionist chants and discusses Palestine with them, and they all plan to leave Europe as soon as they are liberated. Eliezer befriends two Czech brothers named Yossi and Tibi. The only real hazard is Idek, the Kapo, who sometimes flies into violent rages. All he has to do is count bolts and bulbs in an electrical warehouse, and he gets his father transferred to his unit. After a medical examination, Eliezer is randomly put in the orchestra block and befriends some musicians, who tell him that he has been placed in a good unit. ![]() His assistant tries to get Eliezer's shoes by offering to put him and his father in the same unit, but Eliezer refuses, even after he offers an extra ration of food. The head of Eliezer's tent is a fat and predatory-looking German. Veteran prisoners tell them that Buna is a good camp and that they should try to avoid being placed in the building unit. As usual, the prisoners shower and are given new clothes. When Eliezer arrives at the camp, it seems empty. Eliezer explains that children are traded among homosexuals at the camp. The leader of the camp and the head of Eliezer's tent both take a special interest in children and give them extra food. Chapter 4 "The camp looked as though it had suffered an epidemic"
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