Events
The place where all Jews were forced to live before being sent to concentration camps.
What is the Ghetto?
He tutors Elie.
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
Elie Wiesel's Night shows that it can diminish and even fail when faced with unspeakable horror and suffering.
What is faith?
Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.
Who is Elie's father?
To destroy completely.
What is annihilate?
The largest and best known concentration camp (also the first camp Elie was sent to).
What is Auschwitz?
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
What is an infected foot?
The necessity of life dominates the thoughts of most prisoners.
What is food?
His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.
Who is Moise the Beadle?
Strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease.
What is quarantine?
The reason Elie is sent to the dentist.
What is his gold crown?
Elie's realization on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
What is lost his faith in God?
This instinct compels some of the prisoners to fight even their own family members for food and other resources.
What is survival?
He is the doctor of Auschwitz famous for his murderous "selections" and horrific experiments.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
Thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny.
What is emaciated?
What Mrs. Schachter hallucinates.
What is a large fire?
The study of Jewish mysticism.
What is Kabbalah?
It can help people through difficult times.
What is faith?
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
An infection of the intestine with bacteria or amoebae, marked chiefly by severe diarrhoea with the passage of mucus and blood.
What is dysentery?
It happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the infirmary when the camp is evacuated.
What is liberated?
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
What is A-7713?
Many prisoners face this inner-conflict in their struggle to survive such dehumanizing and horrible conditions.
What is civility vs. savagery?
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
Who is Juliek?
To serve as a source of comfort.
What is console?