One day, unprovoked, he savagely beats Eliezer, after which a
French girl
who works next to Eliezer in the warehouse offers some small kindness and comfort.
Who comforted Elie after beating him?
One day, unprovoked, he savagely beats Eliezer, after which a
French girl
who works next to Eliezer in the warehouse offers some small kindness and comfort.
Who is the strong man that prevents Elie from being strangled?
| Term Definition | Akiba the Drummer Loses his faith and then his will to live as a result of his experiences in the concentration camp | Franek The cruel foreman at Buna who beats Elie’s father in order to get Elie’s gold crown | Meir Katz The strong man who prevents Elie from being strangled |
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What does Madame Schachter have a vision of on the train to Auschwitz?
Madame Schachter’s vision of
fire
actually represents the crematorium where people are sent, dead or alive, to be burned if they cease to be useful to the Nazi party. Everyone on the train hatedMadame Schachter because she was screaming about her vision of flames which no one could see.
Does Elie get whipped for stealing soup?
Eliezer is whipped because he steals soup from a pot in the middle of the camp
. During the transport to Buchenwald, prisoners fight over bread. When Eliezers Father is sich with dysentery, he begs Elizer for coffee. Eliezer loses both parents and sister in the camps.
Why does IDEK beat Elie’s father?
Idek beat Elie’s father
with an iron bar because he was moving too slowly
. Elie was angry, not at Idek, but at his father for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s wrath. This was yet another way in which the Nazis dehumanized the Jews. Franek, the Polish foreman, wanted Elie’s gold tooth.
How did Elie learn that the Jews were to be deported from his village?
How did Eliezer learn that the Jews were to be deported?
His father heard from the Jewish Council
. Which of the following people did not try to warn Eliezer’s family to try to escape? After being evacuated from their original homes, where are the Jews of Sighet first sent?
What was Elie’s father’s last words?
At dawn on January 29, Elie wakes and discovers that another invalid occupies his father’s bunk. He assumes that his father has been taken to the crematory and recalls that his father’s final word was “
Eliezer
.” Too weary for tears, Elie realizes that death has liberated him from a doomed, irretrievable burden.
What is Juliek’s last act before dying?
Juliek’s last act was
to play his violin “to an audience of dying and dead men
“. After the grueling march from the camp at Buna, the prisoners finally arrive at their destination, Gleiwitz.
Does not realize that his son has abandoned him?
| A B | Does not realize that his son has abandoned him during the forced run. Rabbi Eliahou | Loses his will to live when he loses his faith in God. Akiba Drummer |
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What broke Mrs Schachter?
What had “broken” Mme. Schachter?
That she had been separated from her husband and children, all but one
.
What did Mrs Schachter foreshadow?
What did Madame Schachter foreshadow? Madame Schächter’s nightmare foreshadows
the arrival of the Jews in Birkenau where the bodies of the prisoners are being burned
. Elie, his father, and the other Jewish people from the ghetto are made to ride in the cattle car of a train that departs from Hungary.
Why is everyone staring at the chimney?
Schachter screaming about? Why is everyone staring at the chimney?
It has flames rising in the black shy
… just as Mrs. Schachter had said.
What did Elie say the soup tasted like?
How did Elie say the soup tasted the night the pipel (young servant boy) was hanged? Elie said the soup tasted
like corpses
. … Then two men and the pipel were hanged. Wiesel said the soup tasted like corpses.
Why does IDEK beat Elie the first time?
Why does Idek beat Elie the first time?
Elie is not working quickly enough
. Elie will not give Idek his gold crown.
What is Eliezer’s unspoken answer to a prisoner’s question where is God now?
During the hanging the prisoners question God, “where is God now?” and the answer that is given is that “
he is hanging there on the gallows”
.
