Characters
Elie's religious mentor.
Who is Moche the Beadle.
The Jews are removed from their homes and taken to a designated part of the town called:
The ghetto.
Elie's age at the beginning of the book.
12
Extremely angry; enraged
Livid
The town where Elie and his family are from.
Sighet
Elie's youngest sister
Who is Tzipora
What does Mdm. Schachter envision and scream about?
Fire (flames)
The number of days in the Passover feast
7
A lack of compassion or feeling toward something.
Apathy
The type of government led by the Nazis.
Fascism.
The member of Elie's family who weeps when they are forced to leave their home
Who is Elie's father (Schlomo)
How Moche the Beadle escapes death by the Nazis.
He was injured and taken for dead
The number of people in each cattle car
80
Widely known for something criminal or unfavorable.
Notorious
The abbreviation for German State Police.
GESTAPO
Lady on the train who hallucinates and screams.
Who is Mdm. Schachter.
The symbol Jews were forced to wear to identify them.
A yellow star
The number of sisters that Elie has
3
The food and items that Elie's family gathered for their journey.
Provisions
The reception center of Auschwitz
Birkenau
Elie's oldest sister
Who is Hilda
The field of Jewish mysticism Elie wished to study.
Kabbalah
The year Elie goes to Auschwitz
1944
The gloomy, hopeless mood the Jews felt when they were expelled from their homes.
Melancholy
What was the emblem of the German soldiers?
A death head