Events
Elie Wiesel
Themes
People
Vocab
100
The place where all Jews (including Elie and his family) were forced to live before being sent to concentration camps
What is the Ghetto?
100

He tutors Elie.

Who is Moishe the Beadle?

100

Elie Wiesel and many prisoners start losing this during chapter 4.

What is faith and/or hope?

100
Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.
Who is Elie's father?
100

To not eat for religious reasons.

What is fasting?

200
The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent
What is Auschwitz?
200
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
What is an infected foot?
200

This necessity of life is what the prisoners constantly think about.

What is food?

200

His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.

Who is Moishe the Beadle?

200
Strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease.
What is quarantine?
300
The reason Elie is sent to the dentist
What is his gold crown?
300

Elie and his family lived in this town before the Holocaust started.

What is Sighet, Romania?

300

This _______ instinct compels some of the prisoners to fight even their own family members for food and/or other resources.

What is survival?

300

Elie ran into her years after the Holocaust.

Who is the French woman?

300

Being selfless or unselfish.

What is altruistic?

400
What Mrs. Schacter hallucinates.
What is a large fire?
400

Elie won this award in 1986 (we watched his speech).

What is the Nobel Peace Prize?

400
It can help people through difficult times.
What is faith?
400
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
400

Severe poverty.

What is penury?

500

It happened to 4 prisoners in Buna.

What is being executed?

500
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
What is A-7713?
500

The Nazis lacked this because they did not treat Jews like humans.

What is humanity?

500
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
Who is Juliek?
500

Lack of care or thoughtlessness

What is imprudence?

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