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How did you react to this chapter?

How did you react?  The entire book is deeply disturbing, but I think most heartbreaking in this chapter is Juliek's death and the smashing of his violin.  It is the death of a beautiful spirit and the producer of beautiful music.  On the other hand, poor Juliek is finally set free and is able to play any music he wants for as long as his heart is content to play it since he is no longer trapped on earth with human tormentors.

The death of Juliek represents another death of something beautiful for Eliezer.  The normally cynical Juliek clung to music and with his death, it seems to be a death of another element that provided a sense of moral order and structure to the world.  God, compassion, music, art, and beauty all seem to be placed under the harshest of scrutiny with the events of the Holocaust and Night.  One other interesting element- Juliek's playing of Beethoven is fascinating on many levels.  A victim of German aggression plays music from one of their national heroes.  Can art transcend nationality?  If so, can it transcend even during something as horrific as the Holocaust?