While imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp, Elie Wiesel recounts experiencing swelling in his foot. He approached an imprisoned doctor for advice, and the doctor advised him to get surgery on his foot immediately to avoid amputation. Elie decides to go to the hospital and try to get the surgery, but throughout his stay he worries about being chosen to be killed because he is sick. The surgery goes well and Elie is told to stay in the hospital and rest for two weeks. However, he soon hears rumors from other patients that the Russians are approaching the camp and planning on evacuating the camps and killing everyone in the hospital. Elie decides to escape from the hospital and, despite the advice of his doctor, travel on foot to return to the camp and try to find his father.
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