People
He is the 12 year old narrator of the novel.
Who is Eliezer (Elie) Wiesel?
Elie’s hometown before the camps.
What is Sighet?
“Fire! I see a fire!”
Who is Madame Schächter?
Reason Elie’s father won’t let him sleep in the snow.
What is he might die/freeze?
Wanting bread and soup
What is Physiological?
Elie’s father, who stays with him through most of the camps.
Who is Shlomo?
The first concentration camp Elie and his family arrive at.
What is Auschwitz?
"Jews listen to me. It's all I ask of you. I don't want money or pity. Only listen to me."
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
This happens to prisoners who stop running on the death march.
What is they are shot?
"My father was the only one who kept me from giving up."
What is Love/Belonging?
This Kapo publicly whips Elie for “no reason."
Who is Idek?
The camp where Elie works in the warehouse.
What is Buna?
"Give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done.”
Who is Elie?
What the prisoners fight over on the train to Buchenwald.
What is bread?
Elie becomes “A-7713”
What is Esteem?
This prisoner is trampled during the death march, yet manages to play his violin one last time.
Who is Juliek?
The final camp Elie is at before liberation.
What is Buchenwald?
“The yellow star? So what? It’s not lethal…”
Who is Elie’s father (Shlomo)?
This causes a man to crawl toward a cauldron during an air raid.
What is soup/starvation?
Rabbi Eliahou’s son abandons him during the march because survival overrides their bond.
What is Safety?
This boy is known for his angelic face and tragic hanging.
Who is the pipel?
The camp where prisoners run to during the snowy death march.
What is Gleiwitz?
“Pray for me. Say the Kaddish for me…”
Who is Akiba Drumer?
The act of defiance Elie commits toward God during Yom Kippur.
What is he doesn't fast/eats his soup?
“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me."
What is Self-Actualization?