Characters
Which character eventually changed their name to Jack Gruener after the war?
Yanek Gruener
What is a "Judenrat"?
The Jews the Nazis put in charge of the Jewish ghetto
During a work detail, what does Yanek find?
2 thousand zloty and diamond earrings
Where in Europe did Yanek and his family live while they were hiding in a pigeon coop?
Podgórze, Kraków, Poland
Yanek secretly had his bar mitzvah - a ceremony where a Jewish boy becomes a man by reading the Torah aloud at age ______.
13
Which character told Yanek to do nothing to stand out at the Concentration Camp?
Uncle Moshe
What is a "kapo"?
A prisoner who the Nazis put in charge of other prisoners in the concentration camps.
What did the Nazis make a prisoner do for wiping sleet from his face during roll call?
Squat with his hands held out in front of him (Sachsenhausen salute)
What was the first concentration camp Yanek went to?
Plazów Concentration Camp
How old was Yanek when the Nazis first came to Poland?
10
Which character had his dogs kill prisoners, and eventually killed Uncle Moshe?
Amon Goeth
What is a "Muselmann"?
a starving person who is in a near death, zombie-like state.
How does Fred die?
He was beaten and hung because he was too sick to work
Which concentration camp did the Nazis write a tattoo on Yanek’s arm that wrote B-3087?
Birkenau Concentration Camp
How many lashes was Yanek supposed to get for losing his button on his shirt?
20
Who was Yanek's friend at Auschwitz Concentration Camp?
Fred
What is "typhus"?
a disease caused by bacteria where people experience headache, fever, rash, and coughing up blood.
Who was killed in the Wieliczka Salt Mine?
A former Judenrat
Which concentration camp had a zoo?
Buchenwald concentration camp
How old was Yanek when he was rescued by the American soldiers?
16
Which character beat Yanek at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp?
Moonface
What is a "visa"?
A document that gives someone permission to stay, leave, or enter a country.
How did Yanek react when the American soldiers arrived at Dachau?
He fell to his knees and wept
Where did the prisoners ride to after being rescued by the Americans in Dachau?
Munich
How many different concentration camps did Yanek survive?
10
(pg. 245)