Events
Elie Wiesel
Themes
People
Places
100

What do the soldiers ask for when the Jews first arrive at Auschwitz (but Elie holds onto them because they are hidden by mud).

What is shoes?

100
He tutors Elie.
What is Moshe the Beadle?
100
Elie Wiesel's Night shows that it can diminish and even fail when faced with unspeakable horror and suffering.
What is faith?
100
Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.
Who is Elie's father?
100

The place where all Jews (including Elie and his family) were forced to live before being sent to concentration camps

What is Ghetto?

200

The two items Elie's father gives him when he thinks that he will be exterminated.

What is a spoon and a knife?

200
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
What is an infected foot?
200

This necessity of life tests the thoughts of most prisoners and their bellies.

What is food?

200
His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
200

The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent

What is Auschwitz?

300
The reason Elie is sent to the dentist
What is his gold crown?
300
Elie's religious realization on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
What is lost his faith in God?
300
This instinct compels some of the prisoners to fight even their own family members for food and other resources.
What is survival?
300
He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his ous "selections" and horrific experiments.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
300

The city Elie is from

What is Sighet?

400
What Mrs. Schacter hallucinates.
What is a large fire?
400
The study of Jewish mysticism.
What is Cabbalah?
400

It can help people through difficult times as evidence by the way Elie and his father comfort each other throughout their journey.

What is family?

400
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
400

The "intake area" of Auschwitz camp - also called Auschwitz 2

What is Birkenau?

500
It happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the infirmary when the camp is evacuated.
What is liberated?
500
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
What is A-7713?
500
Many prisoners face this inner-conflict in their struggle to survive in such dehumanizing and horrible conditions.
What is civility vs. savagery.
500
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
Who is Juliek?
500

The final camp where Elie's father dies and from which Elie is liberated.

What is Buchenwald?

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