ead with his gun and his father lay therestill. He was still breathing but close to death. "I awoke on January29, 1945 at dawn. In my father's place lay another invalid. They musthave taken him away before dawn and carried him to the crematory. He maystill have been breathing (Wiesel 106)." Elie did not weep because there were no more tears left for him to cry. "Itpained me that I could not weep. But I had no more tears (Wiesel 106)."For the next couple of months Elie was to await his freedom, keep hope alivethat he was going to make it out of this concentration camp. Word hit thattheRussians were on attack again and the Nazis were preparing another move to anew concentration camp. This time they moved to late and the attack began andafter a few hours the attack was over. At the foot of the gate they saw thefirst American tank. "The first act of as free men was to throwourselves onto the provisions. We thought only of that. Not of revenge, not ofour families. Nothing but bread (Wiesel 109)." Shortly after the rescueElie became ill with food poisoning and was transferred to the hospital andspent a few weeks between life and death. Elie had made it to freedom andonlywished his family could have been there to share the joy of being freeagain.Many Jews died for no reason during this era of madness over in Germanyduring the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. Millions upon millions lost theirlives and were separated from their families. Elie and his family wereseparated at the station back in Sighet. Elie and his father had to watch hismother and sisters go off to the crematory, many families had to watch theirfamily members go straight to death or even watch them die as they are beingbeat to death because there work is not up to par. Elie now only has a lifeofloneliness without his family to look forward to and the horrible memories ofseeing people be killed or how his friends suffered to their death. That is agreat deal of trauma for one child t...
