Events
The place where all Jews (including Elie and his family) were forced to live before being sent to concentration camps
What is the Ghetto?
He tutors Elie.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
Elie Wiesel's Night shows that THIS can diminish and even fail when faced with unspeakable horror and suffering.
What is faith?
Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.
Who is Elie's father?
To destroy completely
What is annihilate?
The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent
What is Auschwitz?
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
What is an infected/injured foot?
His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
The reason Elie is sent to the dentist
What is his gold crown?
Elie has this religious realization on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
What is he has lost his faith in God?
This instinct compels some of the prisoners to fight even their own family members for food and other resources.
What is survival?
He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his "selections" and horrific experiments.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
What Mrs. Schacter hallucinates.
What is a large fire?
The study of Jewish mysticism/theology.
What is Cabbalah?
It can help people through difficult times.
What is faith?
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
It happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the infirmary when the camp is evacuated.
What is liberated?
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
What is A-7713?
Many prisoners face this inner-conflict in their struggle to survive in such dehumanizing and horrible conditions.
What is civility vs. savagery, Man vs. self.
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
Who is Juliek?