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Elie Wiesel
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Vocab
100
The place where all Jews (including Elie and his family) were forced to live before being sent to concentration camps
What is the Ghetto?
100
He tutors Elie.
What is Moishe the Beadle?
100
Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.
Who is Elie's father?
100
A last name or a family name.
What is a surname?
200
The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent
What is Auschwitz?
200
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
What is an infected foot?
200
His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
200
Restricted or burdened.
What is encumbered?
300
The reason Elie is sent to the dentist.
What is his gold crown?
300
Elie's religious realization on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
What is lost his faith in God?
300
He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his "selections" and horrific experiments.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
300
Thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny
What is emaciated?
400
What Mrs. Schacter hallucinates.
What is a large fire?
400
The study of Jewish mysticism.
What is Kabbalah?
400
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
400
Known unfavorably.
What is notorious?
500
It happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the infirmary when the camp is evacuated.
What is liberated?
500
The purpose of the number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
What is an identification number? It serves to dehumanize prisoners and take away identity.
500
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
Who is Juliek?
500
Causing a strong feeling of sadness.
What is poignant?