Night
What does Elie mean when he refers to the cattle car as being hermetically sealed from the book Night?
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shannybaby1
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Jill W
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Hermetically sealed means that the cattle cars the Jews were loaded into were sealed airtight. No air could get into the car, thus, there was no source of oxygen.
Night