Reread the first sentence of the excerpt, in which Wiesel says, "The SS offered us a beautiful present for the new year." How are these words ironic? What is the author really trying to say?

What task did the surveyors do? a. they studied the landscape to determine the most direct route for building a road. b. they designed treadmills that lifted blocks of stone to where they were needed. c. they dug trenches and filled them with sand, concrete, and large blocks to form a road.