characters
who is moshie the beadle
He warns the people of slighet about the danger
what is penury
exterme proverty
what are ghettos
the jews of Slighet are forced into the deportation
what is slighet
Ellie's hometown
what is denial
Moishe Waring represents this idea, people refuse to accept
Who is eliezer
the narrator of the story
what is the talmud
a Jewish religious text studied by ellie
what is his escape from the Gestapo?
Moishe escapes and tells stories about the mass killings
what is the ghetto
The place where jews were first confined
what is death (or destruction)
Madame Shachter's visions of fire symbolize this
who is shlomo?
Elizer's father is a respected community member
what is an edict
a goverment order or command
what is the cattler car transport
the journey in overcrowded train cars to the camps
What are cattle cars
the train cars used to transport prisoners
what is faith?
ellie begins to lose this after witnessing the horrors
who is the German officer
what is pious
deeply religious
what is fire
Madame Shachter screams about seeing fire outside in the cattle car
what is auschtwitz
The concentration camp where Elie first arrives
what is loss?
the separtion of families shows this theme
what is the ghetto
a place where jews were forced to live
What is the arrival at Birkenau?
elie and his father are separated from his mother and sisters here
what is birkenau
The death camp where many were immediately killed
What is ignorance (or disbelief)
The silence of others when Moishe warns them shows this theme