Events
Elie Wiesel
Themes
People
Potpourri
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 Moshe the Beadle?
100
Elie Wiesel's Night shows that it can diminish and even fail when faced with unspeakable horror and suffering.
What is faith?
100
Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.
Who is Elie's father?
100
This person's death symbolized the absence of God and the loss of faith.
Who is the angelic pipel?
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
This necessity of life tests the thoughts of most prisoners and their bellies.
What is food?
200
His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
200
The Jews forgot to do this when Akiba Drumer died.
What is say Kaddish?
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
This instinct compels some of the prisoners to fight even their own family members for food and other resources.
What is survival?
300
He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his "selections" and horrific experiments.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
300
The day Elie and his family were expelled from Sighet.
What is Saturday, the Sabbath?
400
What Mrs. Schacter hallucinates.
What is a large fire?
400
The study of Jewish mysticism.
What is Cabbalah?
400
It can help people through difficult times.
What is faith?
400
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
400
The relative that Elie lies to to keep him from learning the truth about his family.
Who is Stein from Antwerp?
500
It happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the infirmary when the camp is evacuated.
What is liberated?
500
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
What is A-7713?
500
This type of relationship shows up in the book on three different occasions: Elie and Schlomo, Rabbi Eliahu and his son, and the pair of men on the train.
What is father-son relationships.
500
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
Who is Juliek?
500
The reason Juliek is unable to play Beethoven.
What is Jews can't play German music?