In the context of Eliezer and his father from "Night" by Elie Wiesel, the decision to evacuate with the others from the concentration camp instead of staying behind to await the arrival of the Russians was fraught with uncertainty. In hindsight, considering the hardships and death march that followed, staying might have been the safer choice; however, given their limited information at the time, they made what they believed was the best decision to maintain a chance of surviving the Holocaust.
