Setting
the year the story began
1941
dig graves for themselves and then get shot
foreign Jew who were the first expelled from Sighet
protagonist
Elie Wiesel
an official order by a person on authority
edict
Yellow stars
Jewish people were forced to wear
town where the story begins
Sighet
Germans are polite at first
the Jews are not concerned when the German soldiers occupy their town
Tried to warn the Jews after he escaped the Nazis
Moishe the Beadle
fellow citizens of a country
compatriots
will all be shot like dogs
German officer say will happen to all of them if any of the 80 go missing
country where Sighet is located
Transylvania/Romania
Bury the valuables in the cellar
What Elie's father does when the German start to confiscate valuables
Elie's sister who did not survive
Tzipora
a strong feeling that something is about to happen
premonition
Flames rising from a tall chimney into the black sky
What they see when they finally arrive at Birkenau
Place where all the Jew were forced to live
ghettos
He runs a store: is a shopkeeper
Elie's father
name of the woman who was screaming, "FIRE!"
Mrs. Schachter
rob a place using violence
pillage
They can not eat in restaurants
They can not ride the trains
They can not attend synagogue
Restrictions put on the Jews
First stop made be the trains carrying the Jews from Sighet
Auschwitz
They cook eggs, roast meats, bake cakes, and sew backpacks
Jewish mothers did this when the Germans rounded up the families for transportation from the ghetto
name of Elie's father
Shlomo Wiesel
a fatal disease
pestilence
Families would not be separated
A lie they told that makes confidence soar when they arrive at Auschwitz