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Who is trampled to death in the book?

Posted by jillp on May 10, 2007 at 4:33 AM and tagged with characters, night

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Rabbi Eliahou, whose son has run ahead of his ailing father, is one of many men who get run over during the death march. When Elie sees this example of selfish abandonment, he is ashamed of his...

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Posted by sullymonster on May 10, 2007 at 10:04 PM

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Zalman, the "young Polish lad" (p. 81) is trampled to death in the book. He was running with Eliezer at the start of the death march, but "was suddenly seized with a cramp in the stomach" (p. 82). Eliezer tries to encourage him to continue on, however, he falls to ground in pain and is trampled to death by the other prisoners running behind them. 

Posted by dpenn2 on April 8, 2008 at 5:05 AM

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