![]() ![]() The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time." Chapter 4, pg. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The most important thing for Elie becomes filling his stomach. Elie feels no pity for him and is glad to have saved his tooth because it could, at some time, buy bread or life. Later, Elie finds out that the dentist office is closed-the dentist is hanged for running a private traffic of gold teeth. On the second visit, Elie gets another reprieve by feigning illness. ![]() Elie pretends to be ill and is sent away by the dentist with a command to come back later. One day, Elie is sent to the camp dentist, a Jew from Czechoslovakia, for the extraction of his gold crown. The head of the block is a German Jew named Alphonse, who is kind and generous to the members of his block. The foreman of the group is a former student from Warsaw named Franek. They talk of going to Palestine together if they survive the camps. In their group, Elie makes friends with two Czech brothers, Yossi and Tibi. The only warning he gives is of Idek the Kapo, an overseer, who is known for his fits of rage. Juliek, a violinist, tells Elie that they are lucky to be in a good unit and that the work at the electrical equipment warehouse is not difficult. Elie and his father are taken to the orchestra block. On the fourth day, the overseers of the units select the prisoners as if they are cattle or merchandise. For three days, the new prisoners are quarantined. At Buna, the new arrivals learn from the veteran prisoners that the camp is bearable. ![]()
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