Livia Bitton-Jackson 

Quote #7

“But now, as we march from the showers toward the camps, we know only of survival.  We sense its sinister significance.  Survival is programmed in every fiber of our muscles, and with those muscles we march, not understanding, not even wishing.  We march on, driven by instinct."

 

After arriving at Auschwitz, Elli and her mother are stricken by the grief of being separated from her Aunt Serena.  They realize that their focus is now on surviving.