CH 1
This person advises Elie on the Kabbalah.
Mrs. Shächter sees this while on the way to the concentration camp
What is a fire?
Elie and his father lie about this to avoid selection
What are their ages?
Miserable or unhappy mindset
What is wretched?
A loud, confusing noise
What is tumult?
Elie and his family were moved to first a large, then a small version of this
What are ghettoes?
The methods people used to get Mrs. Shächter to quiet down
What is to beat her up, gag her, etc.?
These people wanted to revolt and these people told them not to
Who are young people and old people respectively?
To bless or make holy.
What is sanctified?
A large furnace where bodies are turned to ash
What is a crematorium?
What is Sighet?
This happened to Mrs. Schächter which made her predisposed to hysteria
What is having her husband and sons forcibly removed by Nazis?
Elie sees these two people for the last time in this chapter
Who are his mother and Tzipora?
A place where soldiers are typically housed.
What is barracks?
Something that is done and cannot be taken back
What is irrevocably?
The symbol that the Nazis had Jewish people wear
What is the star of David/Yellow star?
The Nazis confiscate this from Jewish people after the train crosses the Hungarian border
What is gold, silver, or any valuables?
The person who Elie says gives the first human words at the concentration camp
Who is the young Polish officer?
To recover, especially from surgery
What is convalescent?
A state of unawareness or unconsciousness
What is oblivion?
The person who offered to house Elie and his family so they could escape the Nazis
Who is Maria?
The name of the concentration camp that the cattle cars first arrive at
What is Auschwitz?
The person who knows Elie and Shlomo and is wondering about his wife, Reizel
Who is uncle Stein from Antwerp?
The feeling that you are being watched/perceived, so you act a certain way
What is inhibition?
To be spread out randomly, here and there
What is interspersed?