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Diary Entry Of Elie Wiesel Diary
Journal Entry #9 Writing from the Point of View of Idek
Dear Diary, I am a Kapo, a prisoner for the police to watch the Jews. Not many of the Jews know that I am a police for the Nazis’ but they will learn if they underestimate.We took in more Jews today. I supplied Elie a job and if he doesn’t do it well or does anything wrong, then he or other Jews will regret it. I am mad at Elie now, I was in a private room with a girl and he decided to skip his job to spy on me. My punishment for him was to have him get beaten with a whip for what he had seen and told him he needs to forget what had happened that day. I have to make sure that all Jews follow their job or they will be punished or even something worse. My job since I have started was to
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I began to look around. Is that a gold tooth I see? I walked over to Eliezer and asked him for the gold tooth. He wouldn’t give it to me, even though Jews aren't supposed to have anything reliable or expensive. Elie isn’t strong enough to fight back so it’s easy to bully him with many things to let me get the tooth.I began to take a different approach and told his father that I would take away his bread ration. I begged with many things that would torture him. What else should I do to break him? The more I can torture his father the more he’ll want to stop it from happening. It’s the best to torture and gets the things that I want because that’s what every other guard is doing. Being able to be free and not tortured in a camp is the amazing especially since my job is to be cruel to all. In my eyes, I see the Jews different because of what they believe and everyone knows that if you are one you have to be at a concentration camp. I wonder who else is hiding their prized possessions. What can I do to get them? Should I try to use their emotions to get the possession? Demanding for items is the

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