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Why were Elie and the other prisoners sent on a march into the night?

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Elie Wiesel and the other prisoners were marching in the night because it was decreed that he was to march to waste time away, and to be mentally tortured.  ( and hopefully die ). The others who stayed behind at camp were put to death.
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