Night Blog Assessment

From the beginning of the war the till the very end Jews were being harassed by everyone. "Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs: "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak... "Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy-good-for-nothing!" the Hungarianazs police were screaming. That was when I began to hate them, my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first faces of hell and death." (Wiesel, 19). When they were being relocated jews had to run for many miles. Sometime up to 40 miles with no break, food, or water. When they were fed they were only given bread and soup. “Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time.” (Wiesel, ch 4). Starvation was a popluar way to die. Being served a small portion of bread and soup twice a day is not enough to live, espically if you are forced to work everyday with no breaks. The living conditions didnt help their situation either. They wore a very thin jumpsuit, slept on a wooden shelf, and had a thin blanket that was sometimes too short for some. Some were so desperate to eat they would eat anything that wouldnt kill them. "The snow began to form a thick layer over our blankets. They brought us bread- the usual ration. We threw ouselves upon it. Someone had the idea of appeasing his thirst by eating the snow. As we were not allowed to bend down, everyone took out his spoon and ate the accumulated snow off his neighbor's back. A mouthful of bread and a spoonful of snow. The SS who were watching laughed at the spectacle" (Wiesel, 92). If eating snow was able to keep you alive the prisoners didnt hesitate to eat it. They would eat enything just to survive. Many would also die in their sleep because their body is just too weak. This would happen usually after they run for a long period of time.