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Whlie in Buna, Eli and his father learned that this was the most pleasent of the camps. When they arrived they were told they would be put into a Kommando after three days. Their second day they were there they were examined medically, durring this Eli learned those with gold in their mouth were given numbers instead of names. Eli and his father were picked to the same Kommando and taken straight to the orchestra block were they would be taught the military march "left, right, left, right". They learned they had been picked to the best Kommando and were taken to an electrical wearhouse, there they preformed small, easy jods.
Eli often worked next to a French girl who knew no German and he no French. One day he crossed pathes with Idek, there Kommando leader, wile he was venting. Idek beat Eli till he was bloody, the French girl wiped his blood and comforted him with beautiful German speach. Eli's father also crossed paths with Idek, and because they decided not to give the gold crown to Franek when Eli was asked, he was also touramented for not marching correctly. This lasted for several weeks before Eli finally gave his gold crown to Franek. The next week all the Poles officers were transfered to another camp, which included Franek, Eli had given away his crown for nothing. Just befor the Poles left Idek left for the day leaving Franek incharge, wile wondering in the wearhouse Eli witnessed Idek and a Polish girl half-naked on a straw mat. Idek noticed him and grabbed him by his throat and sent him on his way. Later the Kommando was assembled and Eli was wiped 25 times.
One day wile Eli's father was at work in the factorie, the alarms were sounded and everyone was ordered to their blocks. SS oficers were ordered to shoot anyone who came out of their block. Two fresh couldrens of soup were left out and hundreds of hungry eyes were staring at them. One dared to go out and slowely crept up to the couldren. He let out a scream and dove in, then we heard the first shot, we realized that it was an American bombing. When it was over, much of the camp was left in ruins but there were no casualties except for the brave mane who was helping himself to a few extra rations of soup. For the next few days they were forced to watch several hangings that had a sever impact on everyone who witnessed them.