People
The narrator of the book; survived the concentration camps.
Who is Elie?
To leave one's home country for another.
What is emigration?
This is what Elie tried to prevent the S.S. dentist from taking...it eventually was extracted.
What is his gold crown?
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
This is where the Jews were made to stay before being transported to the concentration camps. There were two of them.
What are the ghettos?
Violent or wild excitement/mental agitation
What is frenzy?
This is how Elie "rebelled" against God during Yom Kippor.
What is he did not fast?
He played Beethoven on his violin before he died.
Who is Juliek?
At this concentration camp, there was a sign above the gate that read "Arbeit Macht Frei".
Auschwitz
To be made thin due to starvation.
What is emaciated?
This is the reason why Elie said the soup "tasted like corpses" on one particular night.
What is the young boy or pipel was hanged and did not die right away?
She had hysterical visions of fires when riding in the cattle car to the concentration camp.
Who is Madame Schachter?
This was the camp where Elie worked in and electrical factory. It was also bombed during the air raid.
What is Buna?
To have a lack of emotion/feeling?
What is apathy?
This was the sickness that caused Mr. Weisel's death. (1)
This was Mr. Weisel's last word. (2)
(1) dysentary
(2) Eliezer
He whipped Elie 25 times for having caught him with a girl.
Who is Idek the Kapo?
This is the country in which Auschwitz-Birkenau was located.
What is Poland?
To be tightly sealed.
What is hermetically?
This was Elie's tattooed number.
What is A-7713