Eliezer opens the chapter by wondering if it could be his last day. He think about Rosh Hashanah, and then he hears in inmate praising God. Elieser realizes that he supports God as he used to. He believes that man is greater than God. Then on Yom Kippur, Elie does not fast, he is "no longer accepting God's silence." Then a selection occurs. The prisoners are observed and some are chosen to be killed. Eliezer and his father both survive, but 10 others are not so lucky.
Winter came and made things even worse. Conditions did not improve, and the cold just added another obstacle for the workers. Elie went to the doctor for his foot. The camp was supposed to be evacuated and Eliezer went with them, because he thought he would be executed. He later found out that those who stayed were freed by the Russians.
http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/the-final-solution/auschwitz-birkenau/selection/#.UUyuyxcp92A
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