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What happens the moment Elie and his family step off the train?

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The prisoners on the train find out, when the train eventually stops, that they have reached Auschwitz station. This name means nothing to them, and they bribe some locals to get news. They are told that they have arrived at a labor camp where they will be treated well and kept together as families. This news comes as a relief, and the prisoners let themselves believe, again, that all will be well.

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Two prisoners try to throw Elie's father out of the train, but Elie is able to revive him. Germans begin to throw bread into the cattle cars and are amused how the Jews will kill each other over it. A boy named Meir kills his father over a piece of bread. Was not sure what book exactly but I thought it might be Night.
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