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What order were the camps in?

• Sighet (Romania), Auschwitz (Near Katowice and Krakow, Poland), Buna (Near Auschwitz), Gleiwitz (Gliwice, Poland), Buchenwald (Weimer, Germany)

• Auschwitz (Near Katowice and Krakow, Poland), Sighet (Romania), Buna (Near Auschwitz), Buchenwald (Weimer, Germany), Gleiwitz (Gliwice, Poland)

• Sighet (Romania), Auschwitz (Near Katowice and Krakow, Poland), Buchenwald (Weimer, Germany), Buna (Near Auschwitz), Gleiwitz (Gliwice, Poland)

• Sighet (Romania), Buna (Near Auschwitz), Gleiwitz (Gliwice, Poland), Auschwitz (Near Katowice and Krakow, Poland), Buchenwald (Weimer, Germany)

What happened in Sighet in Romania?

• • Elie’s hometown

  • Many synagogues

  • Ghettos created in April 19, 1943 which housed the Jews

  • Jews couldn’t leave the Ghettos unless told

  • Eventually transferred to Auschwitz

• • Many incarcerated

  • Hair was cut upon arrival

  • The weak and the strong were separated, with the weak being burned

  • Arrivals were tattooed with numbers that acted as identifiers

• • Relatively decent conditions compared to most camps

  • Infirmary for the sick

  • Work was relatively easy and safe

  • Overcrowded

• • One of the largest concentration camps 

  • Relatively harsh weather

  • Medical experiments were performed on prisoners

  • The experiments resulted in hundreds of deaths

What happened in Auschwitz near Katowice and Krakow, Poland?

• • Many incarcerated

  • Hair was cut upon arrival

  • The weak and the strong were separated, with the weak being burned

  • Arrivals were tattooed with numbers that acted as identifiers

• • Horrible living conditions

  • Lack of food and water

  • Many died from suffocation

  • Harsh, terrible labor

  • Prisoners without any use subjected to carrying stones to and from areas for no purpose

• • Largest Auschwitz subcamp

  • Relatively decent conditions compared to most camps

  • Infirmary for the sick

  • Work was relatively easy and safe

  • Overcrowded

• • Elie’s hometown

  • Many synagogues

  • Ghettos created in April 19, 1943 which housed the Jews

  • Jews couldn’t leave the Ghettos unless told

  • Eventually transferred to Auschwitz

What happened in Buna Near Auschwitz?

• • Largest Auschwitz subcamp

  • Relatively decent conditions compared to most camps

  • Infirmary for the sick

  • Work was relatively easy and safe

  • Overcrowded

• • Many incarcerated

  • Hair was cut upon arrival

  • The weak and the strong were separated, with the weak being burned

  • Arrivals were tattooed with numbers that acted as identifiers

• • One of the largest concentration camps 

  • Relatively harsh weather

  • Medical experiments were performed on prisoners

  • The experiments resulted in hundreds of deaths

• • Horrible living conditions

  • Lack of food and water

  • Many died from suffocation

  • Harsh, terrible labor

  • Prisoners without any use subjected to carrying stones to and from areas for no purpose

What happened in Gleiwitz in Gliwice, Poland?

• • Horrible living conditions

  • Lack of food and water

  • Many died from suffocation

  • Harsh, terrible labor

  • Prisoners without any use subjected to carrying stones to and from areas for no purpose

• • Many incarcerated

  • Hair was cut upon arrival

  • The weak and the strong were separated, with the weak being burned

  • Arrivals were tattooed with numbers that acted as identifiers

• • Elie’s hometown

  • Many synagogues

  • Ghettos created in April 19, 1943 which housed the Jews

  • Jews couldn’t leave the Ghettos unless told

  • Eventually transferred to Auschwitz

• • One of the largest concentration camps 

  • Relatively harsh weather

  • Medical experiments were performed on prisoners

  • The experiments resulted in hundreds of deaths

Who was Moishe the Beadle?

• • A poor Jew

  • Teacher who lived in Sighet

  • Teaches Elie Kabbalah

  • Tries to warn Jews

• • “Angel of Death”

  • Mean doctor who conducted selection

  • Elie told him he was 18 and a farmer (after given advice)

• • Elie’s sister

  • Last time Elie saw her was when Elie and his father were separated from them

• • A semi-old man who gets weaker and sick overtime

  • Elie helps him through their time together in the camp

  • He dies of sickness as Elie and them are almost free

Who was Elie?

• • The narrator

  • Jewish 15 year old

  • Gets put in a concentration camp with his Dad

• • A poor Jew

  • Teacher who lived in Sighet

  • Teaches Elie Kabbalah

  • Tries to warn Jews

• • A woman in the same cattle car as Wiesel

  • Screamed and said she saw fire and smoke after almost arriving at Auschwitz

• • The French Girl gives Wiesel bread and tell him not to give up hope

What happened in Buchenwald in Weimer, Germany?

• • One of the largest concentration camps 

  • Relatively harsh weather

  • Medical experiments were performed on prisoners

  • The experiments resulted in hundreds of deaths

• • Many incarcerated

  • Hair was cut upon arrival

  • The weak and the strong were separated, with the weak being burned

  • Arrivals were tattooed with numbers that acted as identifiers

• • Horrible living conditions

  • Lack of food and water

  • Many died from suffocation

  • Harsh, terrible labor

  • Prisoners without any use subjected to carrying stones to and from areas for no purpose

• • Largest Auschwitz subcamp

  • Relatively decent conditions compared to most camps

  • Infirmary for the sick

  • Work was relatively easy and safe

  • Overcrowded

Who was Tzipora?

• • Elie’s sister

  • Last time Elie saw her was when Elie and his father were separated from them

• • A semi-old man who gets weaker and sick overtime

  • Elie helps him through their time together in the camp

  • He dies of sickness as Elie and them are almost free

• • “Angel of Death”

  • Mean doctor who conducted selection

  • Elie told him he was 18 and a farmer (after given advice)

• • A woman in the same cattle car as Wiesel

  • Screamed and said she saw fire and smoke after almost arriving at Auschwitz

Who was Mrs. Schachter?

• • A woman in the same cattle car as Wiesel

  • Screamed and said she saw fire and smoke after almost arriving at Auschwitz

• • “Angel of Death”

  • Mean doctor who conducted selection

  • Elie told him he was 18 and a farmer (after given advice)

• • A poor Jew

  • Teacher who lived in Sighet

  • Teaches Elie Kabbalah

  • Tries to warn Jews

• • The French Girl gives Wiesel bread and tell him not to give up hope