they not sell the business because he felt there was no reason to fear theNazis because they would not come as far as Sighet. He figured by that timethewar will be over and Hitler will lose his power of Germany. In addition, hisfather argued that they were too old to start over in a new place and thattheywould be suffer financially. Elie's father decided to take his chances.While reading, I felt that at this point the Jews should have taken thesituation much more seriously then they were because now German army cars wereapproaching there town.The town was in shock, no one thought it would go this far and it did. Thesoldiers pulled up in there steel helmets and the emblems that signified deathhead, but it was unexpected that the soldiers would actually be kind. Somestayed in Jewish homes and were even polite. One soldier brought chocolatestoMadame Kahn, a captured Jew. "The Kahn family even said they werelikeable and everyone felt rejoiced and at ease (Wiesel 8)." As a resultof many of the soldier's kindness, the townspeople were still notprepared for the ultimate attack. What they did not know was that the Naziswere only waiting for reinforcements to help secure the town before beginningextermination. It was the week of Passover and all the synagogues were closedby the Nazis. Instead, the Jews gathered for prayer at the Rabbi's house.His house later became known as the house of prayer for the people of thetown. Passover is supposed to be a time of prayer, food, drink, and singingfor seven days of happiness, but how much happiness could come from this eventknowing that the Nazis were preparing them for deportation to concentrationcamps where they would be enslaved with work and little food. The townspeoplestayed strong and for the most part stayed upbeat about the situation keepingthere tradition alive through prayers, eating good food, and singing songs toease the tensions. The Nazis continued their attack by arresting the Jewishleaders...
