Question

night chapter 3, pg 29
the beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally, our illusions. every few yards, there stood an ss man, his machine gun trained on us. hand in hand we followed the throng.
an ss came toward us wielding a club. he commanded:
\men to the left! women to the right!\
eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion.
eight simple, short words. yet that was the moment when i left my mother. there was no time to think, and i already felt my fathers hand press against mine: we were alone. in a fraction of a second, i could see my mother, my sisters, move to the right. tzipora was holding mothers hand. i saw them walking farther and farther away; mother was stroking my sisters blond hair, as if to protect her. and i walked on with my father, with the men. i didnt know that this was the moment in time and the place where i was leaving my mother and tzipora forever. i kept walking, my father holding my hand.
what happened when eliezer and his family arrived in birkenau?
the men and women were separated. men to the left. women to the right.
they were shot immediately.
all of the children stayed with their mothers while their fathers walked away.
they were able to get a hot shower and put their stuff away.

Explanation:

The text clearly states that an SS man commanded "Men to the left! Women to the right!" when Eliezer and his family arrived in Birkenau, separating them.

Answer:

The men and women were separated. Men to the left. Women to the right.