History
What is one of the camps that Elie stays at?
Auschwitz
What does Elie want to study in the beginning of the book?
Kabbalah
What happened to Moishe and the foreign Jews that were kicked out of Sighet?
they were taken to Hungary and made to dig their own graves and were shot
he was very religious
What was the lady in hysterics foreshadowing?
What is one of the camps Elie stays at?
Birkenau
What holiday is being celebrated when the Nazis take over?
Passover
What is a ghetto and how did it work? What does the author mean that it was “ruled by delusion?”
a ghetto was where a group of people were forced to live. It was ruled by delusion in that the people did not think anything bad was going to happen to them
What did the Jewish people notice about the smell when they arrive in Auschwitz
smell of burning flesh
Why did Elie and his father not try to make themselves look too strong?
They did not want to get the hardest jobs
What was the primary purpose for Auschwitz?
extermination and experimentation
What is the cruel irony of the holiday when the Nazis attacked?
They are celebrating the deliverance of their people out of slavery, and now they are being taken over again
They finally realized that they were in actual danger
What does Elie remark about his father's khaddish prayer?
That it was the first time someone prayed for themselves
Why do Elie and his father lie about their ages?
so they would appear to be of better working ability
What was the primary purpose for Birkenau
work
What are the two most important holidays in the Jewish calendar
Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah
Why did Elie feel mocked by the warning sign of the electrical fence? (pg. 37)
As if he did not know the danger of the fence or of his current situation
What is dehumanizing about branding?
it is what we do to cattle
Why did Elie and his father stop hearing from their cousin?
He found out that he was being lied to about his family being alive
What are the words that hang over Auschwitz mean?
Work sets you free
What is Moishe's job?
He is a traveling preacher
shot like dogs, shoved into cattle cars, leprous dogs, etc.
Why was their supervising inmate replaced?
He was too nice
How does Elie describe his faith life now that he is in the camp?
A dark flame consumed his soul