Explain this quote
"I was twelve. I believed profoundly. During the day I studied the Talmud."
This refers to a time when Ellie has faith. This is before his faith is challenged by the atrocities that he witnessed.
Moche the Beadle tried to warn of atrocities. What was the response?
People did not listen to him. They said that he was crazy.
In the drawing captioned poisonous mushroom what is being said?
A mother is telling her son how Jews are the poisonous mushrooms of mankind.
How did Wiesel and his father manage to stay together?
They lied about age.
Who was Juliek?
played the violin right before death.
"The last day had been the most murderous. A hundred of us got into the wagon. A dozen of us got out."
This refers to the deaths in the cattle carts.
What happened on the train that should have posed as a warning. It was dismissed and the individual was treated cruelly.
Madam Schatner kept yelling fire. There was no fire. She was treated cruelly.
In the drawing titled What Christ Said About the Jews what were some disturbing things that a mother told her children?
Christ called Jews killers of men. Christ said Jews descend from the devil. Jews killed Christ because he spoke the truth about them.
When Idek beat Ellie's father what was Ellie's response?
He could do nothing. He was angry with his father for getting in trouble.
How did Ellie avoid having the dentist take his gold tooth.
He claimed to be sick and ask to return another day. Eventually the dentist was caught.
"Behind me, I heard the same man asking where is God now? And I heard a voice within me answer him: Where is He? Here He is - He is hanging here in the gallows.
Wiesel is referring to the execution of a young boy that he was forced to witness. He is losing his faith in God,
The people think that WWII won't effect Sighet. When Hungarian police occupy Sighet what do people tell themselves in order to deny the severity of their condition.
They say that the officers are nice.
From the drawing about Jewish Baptism what statement was made about Priests who baptize Jews?
They are letting a criminal mob into the church. Jews want to destroy the church. They are devils and baptism does not change that.
Ellie was advised not to claim being terribly strong. Why did the person who said this to him give this advice?
He was forced to lift his own father into the crematorium.
What eventually happened to the tooth Ellie was trying to save.
It was removed with a rusty spoon and given to Franek.
"That night the soup tasted like corpses."
They had been forced to witness executions. One victim was a young boy.
Jews begin to have to admit that things are serious. What were some of the first changes?
They were forced to wear yellow stars, give up their valuables and live in ghettos.
What story is told about Jews tormenting animals?
Two boys watch Jews callously butcher a cow. Four Jews hold down the cow while its neck is being cut. The Jews laugh.
What did Ellie's father give him and why?
He gave him a spoon. He had been chosen in a selection and believed that he would die.
This Kapo has fits of uncontrollable rage. Ellie and his father fall victim's to the rage of ________.
Idek
"I've got more faith in Hitler than anyone else. He's the only one who's kept his promises to the Jewish people."
Ellie has lost his faith in God and believes that the atrocities will continue. He no longer relies on God.
The train stops in Kaschau. Jews realize that they are in serious trouble when a German officer approached them. What happened?
He demanded valuable and said that any who did not give them would be shot and that if anyone tried to escape they would all be shot.
What are some stereotypes about Jews?
cruel to animals unclean
killed Christ have diseases
dishonest
love money
What did a rabbi's son do that Ellie prayed he would never do?
ran away from his father, abandoned him.
What happened with a cauldron of soup?
A prisoner put his whole face in it and died.