Night Section 3

Who were the kommandos?

• Military commandos

• Jews that policed the other Jews in the concentration camp

• Groups of prisoners who worked together in a group

• People who forgot to put on their underwear (going kommando!)

What was roll call?

• When hungry people asked for another dinner roll

• When the Nazis counted the prisoners to see who was still alive and healthy

• When the Nazis made the prisoners roll in the mud

• Its making a phone call to a jelly roll

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

What kommando did Elie and his dad get on?

• The one that cleaned the bathrooms

• The one that ran the creamatoria

• They worked in the kitchen

• They worked in an electronics factory

Who were the other members of their kommando?

• People who played in a band

• Gypsys

• German political prisoners

• Catholics

Why did the Nazis put the band members in the electronics factory?

• So they could make electric instruments

• Because the work was safe and easy and wouldn't hurt the musician's hands

• Because musicians are smart and they are better at building electronics

• Because the musicians were too weak to do anything else

Why did Elie get in trouble with the kommando leader

• Because he slept in too late and missed work

• Because he called him a name

• Because he caught him having sex with a female prisoner

• Because his father couldn't march well

What happened to Elie when he caught the kommando leader with the girl?

• He got fired from the factory kommando

• He was executed

• They took away his food for a week

• They whipped him until he passed out

Why did the camp dentist want to see Elie?

• To give him a checkup

• To clean his teeth

• To fill in a cavity

• To take out his gold crown

Why did the dentist let Elie go without taking his gold crown?

• Because Elie had bad breath

• Because he didn't want to hurt him

• Because Elie said that he wasn't feeling well

• Because he was just a nice man

What happened to the dentist?

• He was caught keeping some of the gold teeth for himself

• He told the Nazis he wouldn't work for them anymore

• Because he was late to work

• Because he got sick and missed roll call