Night: Section 6

The section begins with the all the prisoners on a run. The SS shoot all of those prisoners that cannot keep up and fall behind. Eli keeps himself motivated to run, by the thought of his father. When they come to a deserted village for a rest stop, Eli father takes Eli to ruined brick factory and keeps him awake, so he wouldn't suffer from being frozen. A rabbi comes into the factory to search for his son, eli doesn't tell the kind man that his son tried to save himself by outrunning his parent. At the thought of this Eli is disturbed and he prays that he will never do that to his father.

The next day even the SS are getting tired of this fight against the cold and snow. When the arrive at Gleiwitz, Kapos assigns the prisoners to brracks. In the mist of things Eli is almost crush by the marauding horde of people rushing into it. Yet, he see his friend Juliek, who is carrying a violin with him. Juliek plays a part of Beethovens concerto, but the next morning sadly Juliek lay dead next to his crushed violin.

For 3 days the prisoners are given no food or water, but at the dawn of the 3rd day Eli rushes to get his father from one of the SS selections. Not long after the prisoners are marched to the rail lines and are given a little piece of bread. The SS solidiers laugh at the prisoners when they eat the snow to quench their thirst. Later in the day, a train arrives with roofless cattle wagons. The SS take the prisoners and pack a 100 of them into each of the cars.