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The name of the German political party that wanted the extermination of the Jewish population
What are the Nazis?
When Elie's foot begins to swell, what do the doctors want to do?
They want to perform an operation.
Elie and his family are from this town.
What is Sighet?
This item all Jews were forced to wear in order to be identified as Jewish.
What is the yellow star of David?
This item is used to remove Elie's gold crown.
What is a rusty spoon?
This man tries to warn everyone about what is going to happen to the Jews but is ignored by everyone.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
As Elie's father is dying, he tells Elie that their valuables are buried here.
What is in the family's basement?
After Elie leaves his house, he first goes here and then to where until liberation.
What is the ghettos to concentration camps?
This quote hangs over the door of Auschwitz?
What is Work Makes You Free?
This term is used for the Jewish prayer for the dead?
What is Kaddish?
He dies after playing a Beethoven concerto on his violin
Mrs. Schacter screams that she sees fire while on the train. This is an example of...
After arriving at Birkenau, this happens to Elie's family.
What is they are split up? Women to one side. Men to the other.
What is bread?
Elie's father gives him these two items when he feels like he is going to be sent to the crematorium.
What is a spoon and knife?
Elie feels this when he watches his father be beaten because his father did nothing to prevent it. Then Elie feels this when his father dies because he no longer has to care for him.
On the last train ride to Buchenwald, the prisoners did this to those who had died on the transport?
What is threw the dead off the train?
While in Buna, Elie is able to keep his new shoes because of this reason.
What is that they were covered in mud?
Many characters die because they give up this.
What is their faith in God?
What term is given to prisoners who are given command to other prisoners?
What are Kapos?
This person was described as angelic looking and young right before he was hanged
When Elie and his are taken through selection the last time, Elie's dad is sent to the left
What is Elie ran to the left, kept running, distracted the SS officers, and then him and his father went to the right line?
Give two adjectives that could be used to describe the German soldiers when they first arrived in Elie's town of Sighet.
What is friendly, nice, polite, harmless, gentle, kind. etc.. Any positive adjective
This is the estimated number of Jews that died during WWII
What is 6 million?
At the end of the story, Elie sees this looking back at him in the mirror?
What is a corpse?