Ironically, Elie initially finds Auschwitz better than Birkenau. Unlike Birkenau, Auschwitz has two-story concrete buildings instead of hastily-constructed wooden barracks. There are also little gardens here and there. But appearances are deceptive. Elie's initially favorable impressions of Auschwitz soon give way to harsh reality after he and the other inmates are forced off the train. Elie is separated from his family; his mother and sister are taken away, and this is the last time he'll ever see them. There's now little doubt in Elie's mind as to to the true nature of Auschwitz. However many concrete buildings or little gardens it may have, it's an unmitigated hell-hole in which death and suffering on a massive scale are an everyday occurrence.
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