So, if saying briefly, Eliezer's father is very respected within the Jewish community of his hometown. He is a member of the Jewish Council, which is the first group to hear about deportation. He refuses to escape the country. In the concentration camps, he and Eliezer take care of one another. He also spends most of his time occupying himself with community affairs. This fifty-year-old man becomes increasingly weak and dried up, and he finds it harder than Eliezer to escape the abuse of concentration camp life. On the last march to Gleiwitz, he becomes very weak and sick, and at Buchenwald, he catches a deadly case of dysentery.
Eliezer's Father in the Essays
Author: Wilma Daniels