Buna

By: Alejandro
About Buna

• The Buna subcamp was one

of the subcamps of the
infamous Auschwitz
concentration camp during
World War II and the
Holocaust.
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• The Nazis sent thousands of

prisoners from various
Buna Subcamp
countries, the majority of
them Jewish, to Buna
What were prisoners' conditions in
Buna?

• The hygiene and sanitary

conditions in Buna were
terrible.
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• The camp lacked enough
latrines, baths and a
disinfection chamber for
prisoners clothing.
How was the evacuation of the
Buna camp?

• On January 18, 1945, the

camp administration evacuated
able-bodied prisoners who
marched into Germany. Japan
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What is the connection between
Buna and Night?

Elie says as a first impression: “The camp

looked as though it had been through an
epidemic: empty and dead.” (Wiesel 47)

Night by Elie Wiesel

Elie relates after seeing his father being beaten
by Idek : “I had watched it all happening
without moving. I kept silent. In fact, I thought
of stealing away in order not to suffer the
blows. What's more, if I felt anger at that
moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at
my father. Why couldn't he have avoided Idek's
wrath? That was what life in a concentration
camp had made of me” (Wiesel 54)
Elie says after seeing that planes were bombing
Buna: “But I was glad nevertheless. To watch
that factory go up in flames—what revenge!
While we had heard some talk of German
military defeats on the various fronts, we were
not sure if they were credible. But today, this
was real!” (Wiesel 60)
The veterans told the prisoners: "You're lucky to have been
brought here so late. Today, this is paradise compared to what the
camp was two years ago. Back then, Buna was a veritable hell.
No water, no blankets, less soup and bread. At night, we slept
almost naked and the temperature was thirty below. We were
collecting corpses by the hundreds every day. Work was very
hard. Today, this is a little paradise. The Kapos back then had
orders to kill a certain number of prisoners every day. And every
week, selection. A merciless selection…Yes, you are lucky.“
(Wiesel 70)
Elie says after the hanging of a child: “And so he
remained for more than half an hour, lingering
between life and death, writhing before our eyes.
And we were forced to look at him at close range.
He was still alive when I passed him. His tongue
was still red, his eyes not yet extinguished”
(Wiesel 65)