1. It was impossible for Elie to lie down because it was so crowded. There was 80 people in each group.
2. If the people on the train kept gold or silver or watches in their possession they would get shot on the spot.
3. According to Elie, Madame Schlachter was broken emotionally and out of her mind because she was seperated from her husband and two sons.
4. Madame Schlachter kept seeing fire, and a furnace that wasn't there.
5. To shut Madame Schlachter up the other people on the train tied her up, hit her, and put a gag in her mouth.
6. Madame Schlachter's little boy held her hand and cried while his mother was being beaten
7. The men who went to get water found out that Auschwitz had good conditions.Families would not be split up, only young people would have to go and work in factories, and the old men and invalids would be kept occupied in the fields.
8. The aabominable odor that was floating in the air was the smell of burning flesh.
9. Birkenau is the reception center for Auschwitz.
Please post a picture of Birkenau.
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