The veteran inmates and others imprisoned in the camp treat the new arrivals
by yelling at them and asking why they are even here
.
How do the veteran prisoners respond?
How do the “veteran” prisoners respond when they discover the newcomers have never heard of Auschwitz? How do your account for their reaction? The “veteran” prisoners were almost shocked that no one knew what was going on.
The prisoners were telling them everything that happens, scaring them, warning them
.
How do the prisoners who are already in the barracks treat the newcomers?
How do the prisoners who are already in the barracks treat the newcomers? The prisoners who are already in the barracks are
mean and unwelcoming to the newcomers, already striking them with sticks and telling them to strip
.
How did the other prisoners react to her screams Why did they react this way?
The other passengers react to Madame Schächter’s screaming
by deciding to tie her up, gag her, and even strike her in the head a few times
. … The passengers reacted this way because they were all terrified and their “nerves were at breaking point.” It was as if madness was taking possession of them all.
When one of the veteran prisoners finds out that Eliezer and the other people from the train have never heard of Auschwitz How does he react?
When one of the veteran prisoners finds out that Eliezer and the other people from the train have never heard of Auschwitz, how does he react?
He falls to his knees and cries. He wants to throw himself onto the electrified barbed wire
.
How does Eliezer respond to the removal of his clothes?
How does Eliezer respond to the removal of his clothes and other belongings in Night?
Eliezer barely responds at all to the removal
of his possessions. The chaos of arriving at the concentration camp is overwhelming and serves to numb his feelings so that he barely comments on how it feels to lose all his belongings.
What does it mean to know but not acknowledge what you know?
What does it mean to know but not to acknowledge what you know?
When do people do this
? It means keeping something inside especially if the reality is so painful and hard to believe. People do this when the reality of their knowledge is so terrible; they may not want to believe such evil exists.
What are the prisoners made to do as they entered the barracks?
What are the prisoners made to do as they entered the barracks?
The prisoners had to take off all their clothes and to hold on to only your belt and shoes
. … Because the kapos would have taken his shoes if they were new, and he had mud on his so they didn’t notice.
What happened to many of the prisoners when they lost faith?
What happens to many of the prisoners when they lose faith?
they die
. … The others forget to say the Kaddish (the prayer for the dead) for him because they are busy surviving camp life, enduring beating and starvation.
What does the curtain rose mean?
The quote, “On the seventh day of Passover the curtain rose,” means that
the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders of the town and suddenly the happiness is gone in the town
. Then they enforce three decrees for the Jewish citizens.
How do the occupants of the cattle car respond to Mrs Schachter’s cries?
How do the passengers in the cattle wagon react to Madame Schachter’s screams?
They began to beat her when she wouldn’t shut up. Later they tied her up and gagged her.
Why do they cut off their hair tattoo a number on each person’s arm?
Why do they cut off their hair? Tattoo a number on each person’s arm?
They are attempting to make the inmates feel less than human
. By taking away everything that reminded them who they were, they begin to forget their identity or begin to accept this new identity.
What do the prisoners see when they arrive at the camp *?
They saw
the flames coming from the tall chimney into the black sky
. The prisoner’s were anger upon seeing the new Jews arrive at the camp because the new Jews didn’t save themselves by escaping before it was too late.
Why did the veterans mock the newer prisoners What does this say about human nature?
What does Elie wonder on this day? You just studied 30 terms!
Does Elie believe in God at the end of the book?
When he fears that he might abandon his father, he prays to God, and, after his father’s death, he expresses regret that there was
no religious memorial
. At the end of the book, even though he has been forever changed by his Holocaust experience, Eliezer emerges with his faith intact.
How does Elie respond to the removal of his belongings to the shaving of his hair the number tattooed on his arm?
How does Eliezer respond to the removal of his clothes and other belongings? To the shaving of his hair? The bumber tattooed on his arm? …
Nothing belongs to us any more
; they have taken away our clothes, our shoes, even our hair; if we speak, they will not listen to us, and if they listen, they will not understand.
How do words like soup and bread take on a new meaning for Elie?
How do words like soup and bread take on new meanings for Eliezer?
Survival is all important
, live on the verge of death, the soup and bread are the only means of survival. Elie witnessed two hangings in this section, he tells the reader that he witnessed many others yet he chose to write only about these 2.
Why does Madame Schachter scream in the book night?
Madame Schächter, a middle-aged woman who is on the train with her ten-year-old son, soon cracks under the oppressive treatment to which the Jews are subjected. On the third night, she begins to
scream that she sees a fire in the darkness outside the car
.
Why does Eliezer not react when his father is slapped?
At first, Wiesel did
not
react in any way when a Gypsy slapped his father. The brutal living conditions and starvation made the prisoners scared of any actions against the Nazis. Later, Eliezer felt very guilty.
How are Mrs Schachter’s words prophetic night?
How was Mrs. Schachter’s screaming prophetic? Mrs. Schachter’s screaming was prophetic
because nobody could see the fire, she just knew it was coming somehow.
What was foreshadowed by Madame Schacter’s nightmare?
What was foreshadowed by Madame Schacter’s nightmare?
The train being set on fire
. What did some of the passengers do to quiet Madame Schachter? The passengers hit her, gagged her, and tied her up.
What happens to all the prisoners who are left behind when the camp is evacuated?
They were afraid that if they stayed behind, they would be killed. What happened to the prisoners who stayed in the infirmary while the rest of the camp evacuated?
They were liberated by the Russians two days after evacuation
.
Where does the SS officer say that they are in night?
Where does the SS officer say that they are? What does he say their choice is? They are at
Auschwitz
. What does Kapos do to Elie’s father?
What does a prisoner say will happen to Wiesel’s group?
What did another prisoner say would happen to Elie’s group?
They were told that their group would be sent to the crematory and burned to death
. … The scene of Wiesel and his father approaching the inferno is particularly vivid.
What does the soup tasted like corpses mean?
He soon found the soup to be repulsing and he wanted nothing to do with it. For example when he says the soup tasted like corpses he means
that they did not feel the satisfaction of eating because they just witnessed a horrific occurrence
.
Why do you think that sons abandoned their fathers remains without a tear?
Where did Elie and his father spend the day? … Why do you think that ” sons abandoned their fathers remains without a tear”?
their nothing they can do for their dead father
, so they have to think about keeping themselves alive. What was the name of the camp to which the men walked?
How did Wiesel’s father avoid being selected at Gleiwitz Why did Wiesel run after him to the left?
How does Wiesel’s father avoid being “selected” at Gleiwitz and why does Wiesel run after him to the left?
When his father was selected Eliezer is able to inch his way through the lines and bring him back to the “right” area where the people that were not selected were waiting.
What is the central idea of Chapter 4 night?
Eliezer reflects
on how inhumane the concentration camps made him
; as his father is being beaten, rather than being mad at Idek, Eliezer is mad at his father for not avoiding the Kapo. Franek, the foreman, decides he wants Eliezer’s gold crown. Eliezer won’t give it to him.
How do the veteran prisoners respond?
How do the “veteran” prisoners respond when they discover the newcomers have never heard of Auschwitz? How do your account for their reaction? The “veteran” prisoners were almost shocked that no one knew what was going on.
The prisoners were telling them everything that happens, scaring them, warning them
.
Why is the wooden floor of the block cleaned before they leave?
Why is the wooden floor of the block cleaned before they leave?
The prisoners were told to keep it clean so the liberators don’t think they lived in a pigsty
. What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana? They held their prayer service and later wished each other a Happy New Year.
What was ironic about the comments that Wiesel’s father made regarding the wearing of the yellow star?
What was bitterly ironic about the comments that Wiesel’s father made regarding the wearing of the yellow star?
He said that it wasn’t lethal
. However it singled out the Jews to be killed. … They started putting Jews in Ghettos, Jews were concentrated then confined in the ghettos.
Why did Villagers throw food into the train as the prisoners were being transported?
The SS
wanted to dispose of the dead bodies; there would be more room on the train
. This meant that the remaining passengers could eat food (bread) thrown at them by German townspeople.
What is Chapter 3 of night about?
When chapter 3 of Night by Elie Weisel opens,
Eliezer and his family have been forced from their homes in Sighet, Transylvania, and deported in cattle cars to Birkenau
, a selection checkpoint for all Auschwitz newcomers. Here, he and his father are separated from his mother and sister.
How did the other prisoners react to Mrs Schachter?
Answer: The other people in the car reacted to Madame
Schachter by believing her, trying to comfort her, beating her, and eventually gagging her
. Where did the train stop? Answer: The train first stopped at Birkenau, the reception center to Auschwitz, then on to Auschwitz.
Was Mrs Schachter crazy explain your answer?
She is a middle-aged woman who
goes crazy after she’s separated
from her husband and packed into a cattle car headed to Auschwitz. Throughout the long nights in the train, she punctuates the imprisoned Jews’ journey with screaming and rambling about fire and flames, warning and begging the Jews to see the fire.
How do the passengers react to Mrs Schächter as time progresses?
Some of the passengers
place a damp towel over her forehead and sympathize with her difficult situation
. After she continues to scream about seeing huge flames, the Jewish prisoners can no longer stand her piercing screams and eventually bind and gag her.
Why do you think the Germans take away the inmates?
Why do you think the Germans take away the inmates’ personal belongings? …
They are attempting to make the inmates feel less than human
. By taking away everything that reminded them who they were, they begin to forget their identity or begin to accept this new identity.
Can Jews get tattoos?
If Coltoff, 20, continues to add to her collection of body art,
Jewish-themed tattoos won’t be
on the list. She cited Leviticus 19:28 and the notion that permanently marking one’s body dishonors Holocaust victims, whose individual identities were reduced to a number tattooed on their arms.
What happened to many of the prisoners when they lost faith?
What happens to many of the prisoners when they lose faith?
they die
. … The others forget to say the Kaddish (the prayer for the dead) for him because they are busy surviving camp life, enduring beating and starvation.
What happens to most of the prisoners who Cannot keep up on the march?
Terms in this set (7) What happened to anyone who could not keep up with the march? Anyone who could not keep up with the march
was shot on the spot by the Nazi SS. Elie said that the SS would not deny themselves that pleasure.
