Important characters
Narrator of the story.
Elie Wiesel…
The mode of transportation the Nazis used to move the Jews from camp to camp.
Cattle cars
Why does Madame Schachter scream?
she is hallucinating a huge fire outside of the train car.
The Wiesel family moved into a sealed off Ghetto
Chapter 2.
He tutors Elie.
Moshe the Beadle.
Respected Jewish community leader in Sighet.
Shlomo Wiesel
Two of these were set up in Sighet.
ghettos
What happens when they’re in the cattle cars?
They turn on one another and start fighting.
The last time he sees his mother & sister
Chapter 3
The occupation Elie made up and told the German officer.
Farmer
A relative who stays with the Wiesels in the Sighet ghetto.
Batya Reich.
The name of the concentration camp the Jews from Sighet arrived at.
Auschwitz
Why did Elie Wiesel write Night?
for people to witness his experiences in the holocaust.
Elie meets Moishe the Beadle.
Chapter 1
Elie's sisters name.
Tzipora
A relative who meets Elie and his father at Auschwitz.
Stein of Antwerp
The first portion of the camp where the Jews were sorted, their hair cut, showered, and given clothes.
Birkenau
What does night symbolize?
symbolizes the utter despair and painful suffering that Eliezer and the rest of the prisoners endure
Elie finds out what the chimneys are for.
Chapter 2
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
A-7713
"Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks him."
Moshe the Beadle
The camp arrived at after the 4 hour march.
Buna
What sort of health attack did Elie's dad have in the barrack that led to him being slapped?
Colic Attack
The Jews of Sighet are moved from the ghettos onto a train before departing.
Chapter 2
Study of Jewish mysticism.
Kabbalah.