"Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. In a few moments, selection will take place. You will have to undress completely. Then you will go, one by one, before the SS doctors. I hope you will all pass. But you must try to increase your chances. Before you go into the next room, try to move your limbs, give yourself some color. Don't walk slowly, run! Run as if you had the devil at your heels! Don't look at the SS. Run, straight in front of you!" (Wiesel 71).
This is one of the events where they were unsure whether to trust him or not. This process seemed to help increase their chances and made them seem like someone to trust. But other times, people doubted their trust. Not only did they distrust the soldiers, but even began to distrust the other inmates as well.
"Don't rejoice too soon, son. Here too there is selection. In fact, more often than outside. Germany has no need of sick Jews. Germany has no need of me. When the next transport arrives, you'll have a new neighbor. Therefore, listen to me: leave the infirmary before the next selection!" (Wiesel 78).
Many people were too frightened by the whole experience to know whether they should trust someone or not. Many just went with what anyone said and didn't take the time to think about it.
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