Nachshon also lost important people in his life and all the running he had to participate in. “‘I dream every night about it,’ Mr. Nachshon said as he told his Holocaust story, which includes several months at Birkenau, where his mother and sister were killed in the gas chambers” (Rudoren). He also faced treacherous things like Elie had. “ ‘Many times we’re running away from the Germans. Sometimes the whole night I was running. Maybe this time they won’t catch me’” (Rudoren). The hours they spent running a day was wild. He shares the same experiences that Elie had faced.
Although Elie and Nachshon are not the same person, they seem to be. They have gone through hell and they are not alone. The experiences that they had gone through was long and exhausting, but they got out of it and they are still standing strong. These events have caused many people to share their stories and that some people can closely relate to them like Elie and