Chapter 4

Elie and his father are taken to an electrical factory. Akiba Drumer says that they will be saved, and God is teaching them a lesson. Elie has to give his gold teeth the to Idek. He spies on Idek with a womand, and then gets beat for it. Then he meets a a French woman and sees her later in his life. Elie's father is beaten by Idek because he got in Idek's way. Three men are hung for trying to steal soup. Also, a young Pipel was hung. His soup tasted like a dead corpse.