Abby, I do believe there were many lies told throughout this novel; however, not all of them were lies, depending on where and who the lies came from. You bring up a good point by talking about the Jews bribing a village person for a false fact. They did not end up in a well-treated labor camp. Instead, they ended up in a concentration camp where Jews were to be burned. Although there are multiple events where Jews are being lied to, I believe it is mainly the other way around. In Birkenau, Eliezer, his father, and many others are advised by other prisoners to do and to not do certain actions so that they can avoid being killed by the Nazis. Those advised survival tactics included to not rely in rebellion but on faith, and to do whatever they are advised to do by the Nazis. This would prevent Eliezer and his father to disperse into humanity, just like what happened to Eliezer’s mother and sister. If Eliezer and his father did not know about this information, they would have not been able to survive as long as they would have.
Another thing is that everyone who was on their side was telling the truth…they just decided not to believe the truth; and that is where they pay the price. Referring back to your previous post, Abby, you stated that the Jews could have avoided this Holocaust if they had just listened to Moshe the Beadle. Well, Moshe did not tell a lie about this holocaust; he was telling the complete truth.
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