I can’t even imagine the shock, pain, and guilt that Elie probably felt to go through that. He decided to leave his rescue and stay with the Germans, for what? Assurance that his father and him wouldn’t be separated or even killed. He made that choice and he feels the pain that came with it. He blames himself for the fact that they aren’t free and liberated. I don’t blame him for his choice or his guilt. He had to go with the one that he was sure lead in the path of his father and himself being