vocabulary
define Majestic
having or showing impressive beauty or dignity
Sighet
who helps Elie after he is beaten by the Kappo?
the French woman
"look at the fire! look at the flames! flames everywhere..."
Madam Schachter
how did the french woman help Elie?
gave him bread, wiped his forehead, gave him words of encouragement.
define wit
mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence
What is the name of the death camp Elie arrives to first.
Auschwitz/Birkenau
who was Elie's spiritual teacher in Sighet?
Moishe the Beadle
"you don't know me? you don't recognize me? "
Stein of Antwerp
Elie's relative- his mom's cousins' husband
where were elie and his father sent to work?
at an electrical parts warehouse
define quarantine
a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that may have been exposed to infectious disease are placed
The camp elie and his dad are moved to and forced to work at.
Buna
what is the name of the Kapo who beats Elie in a fit of madness.
Idek
" I have been saved miraculously. I managed to get back here. Where did I get the strength from? I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time... I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me..."
Moishe the Beadle
what happened to the dentist?
he is punished for taking prisoner's gold teeth for his own profit.
define cynical
someone who distrusts the goodness of others, believing people are motivated by self-interest and disbelieving in selfless acts or sincere intentions.
What country is Auschwitz death camp in?
Poland
who beats Elie's father as retribution for Elie not giving up his gold tooth?
the Polish Foreman Franek
"The yellow star? So what? its not lethal..."
Elie's father
why does franek beat elie's father?
elie refused to give him his gold tooth
define altruistic
showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others, without care for one's own self interests; unselfish
where did elie ask his father to move to at the beginning of his memoir in order to escape the war?
Palestine
who is Madame Schachter?
The mad jewish woman from Sighet who is deported in the same cattle car as Elie and his family .
"You are in a concentration camp. In Auschwitz... Remember it always, let it be graven in your memories. You are in Auschwitz. And Auschwitz is not a convalescent home. It is a concentration camp. Here, you must work. If you don't you will go straight to the chimney. To the crematorium. Work or the crematorium- the choice is yours."
Dr. Mengle
how did elie avoid getting his tooth pulled by the dentist?
he said he was sick