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What were the survivors lives like before they were taken into the concentration camps and the ghettoes?  Most of the survivors lives before the war, and before they were taken into the ghettoes and the concentration camps were fairly normal. Before the Jews had been sent to the ghettoes and camps they would attend the synagogue, celebrate Jewish holidays and eat Kosher. Some towns were informed about the Jews being taken to the camps and the events being taken place with the German army. But on the other hand some towns weren't knowledgeable on these sorts of things they were in what you could say “their own world” thinking that the war would be ending soon and they would be saved. Elie Wiesel in his book Night rights about his life before they were forced out of their homes and sent to the ghettoes and the concentration camps. People would make comments like "The Red Army is advancing with giant strides… Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to….” (Wiesel 8) not understanding the severity of what was going on. This statement coming from a passage from Elie Wiesel’s autobiography shows the ignorance of some of the people. Some Jews even when the Germans were near they thought they would never reach their town, almost being in a state of delusion. It was not until they entered their towns, took their children, forced them out of their homes, and sent them on trains did they realize that the rumors about this were true. “Bu t people not only  refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen. Some even insinuated that he only wanted their pity, that he was imagining things” (Wiesel 7). Another passage from Night shows how people were warned of the things to come but most of the people decided to not listen. “Somehow we did believe Hitler would come to Poland. Until the last minute people did not believe that the Germans would invade us.” (Eva Galler)