When Night author Elie Wiesel and the rest of the Jewish people from Sighet arrived at Auschwitz, they were met by the Schutzstaffel, called SS for short. Schutzstaffel is German for "Protective Echelon" or "Protection Squadron." The SS spoke eight words over and over, and those words were, "Men to the left! Women to the right" (Wiesel 27). Elie was quickly separated from his mother and sisters, never to see his mother again. It all happened very fast. Elie and his father were sent in one direction, and the rest of his family in the other. Elie saw his mother and sisters moving away, and they did not even have a chance to say goodbye. Elie's last memory of his family all together would be this moment when he saw his mother holding hands with his little sister. This moment would often come back to haunt Elie Wiesel.
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