Night Review: Short Answers and Essay Questions – Flashcards

was very devout in study of Kabbalah, mysticism, the Talmud, and Jewish religion Praying was second nature Doesn't know why he prays, tells that to Moshie Eliezer said he dont know why he cry he felt the need to cry went to synagogue at night to weep over loss of temple

him and foreign jews were put into cattle car by Hungarian police driven to poland transferred to Gestapo driven into Galician forest on waiting trucks told to dig trenches, their graves germans began to kill prisoners who were forced to line up and reveal their necks babies were used as targets moshie barely escaped receiving a wounded leg tobie- man who begged to be killed before his children Malka- laid dying for three whole days

Moshie only wanted pity story in his imagination insane desired money for what he endured

expelled all foreign jews forced way into houses arrested leaders of Jewish community of 7th day of passovr no leaving residence for three days upon execution invade privacy into house and take valuables must give police all sutff yellow star of david no frequent restaurants or cafes no travel by rail synagogue curfew at 6 ghettos own new country

unpreventable reality, why face it wasn't worth worrying about and better to be optimistic and resist truth as long as possible

TOO LATE TO ESCAPE AND RETURN HOME TOO FAR FROM SIGHET TO TURN BACK AND CONTINUE WITH LIFE THEY WERE AT kASCHAU, A SMAL TOWN OF THE cZECHOSLOVAKIAN BORDER.

THEIR DEATH IN THE GAS CHAMBERS AND FURNACE

tried to calm her down, son tried to comfort her placed a damp rag on her head to cool her off, as if she was having as headache women tried to calm the madame trried to reason with her and blamed the screaming on dehydration bound and gagged hit her

Auschwitz

too young, staight to crematoria as you can't work too old, sent to crematoria only kept skilled workers who were healthy men as they were productive and hard laborers

ditches where babies were being thrown into to burn

lost all faith in God and hope, as a god wouldn't allow such terrible things to happen no hope of return

willing to die not deathly afraid of death anymore not a devout and religious Jew no personality or humanity not afrad if the camps, only tired no dresire to cling to anything no self-preservation, defense, and pride no pain just a body without a soul

that it was better

too humane towards the jews

weed out those who were unhealthy from those who were could take gold teeh away, no more valuables or humanity

Beethoven was German, no assocation between Germans and Jews

venting his fury on Elie threw hinself on Elie and began to beat him on chest and head threw Elie to the ground and picked him up to hit him more defiance-silence: more beatings and harder calmed down and sent him to work

lied about being sick for a about two weeks of stalling time, dentist was arrested at the end of this time period for stealing the teeth for personal greed.

beautiful women with dark hair and dreamy eyes recognized eyes and approached her to ask if she recognized him she didn't spoke of Poland, IN buns, WIPES OF BLOOD FROM OFREHEAD WENT TO CAFE TERRACE: WAS A jEW PRETENDING TO BE AN aRYAN

Frank received revenge through beating the father for being bad at marching, as he never was in the military elie tried teaching father how to march franek left two weeks later

they hung a child Oberkapo tried to liberate Jewish people and himself, through cutting the power. his papel, a few other Jews, and him were caught with weaponry oberkapo was arrested, tortured, and sent to Auschwit the pipel was quite humane and was forced to stay for hanging looked like an angel in distress didn't defy hanging long gruesome death, too skinny

large debate about it fasting wold cause a faster death right thing to do, express their faith in the worst situations God could save them for their faith Dad forbade Elie from fasting, no reason for him to do so and was a rebel towards God

same age frame both families remained optimistic Father liked Netherlands both found the best in the worst Elie didn't hide didn't pretened to be in the Swiss- Elie Anne put photos of movie stars on wall good relationship with mom in Elie not both main characters die lose sisters both wrote about their experiences excited of d-day Anne wanted to see Paris and France, Elie was their years after both houses were looted by Germans both went to work camps lost family to disease both missed out on life changing opportunity stay at camp leave camp, but one was sick items didn't matter lost hatred between mom and daughter gained "hatred" between son and dad both were separated from mother

they will kill you if you are seen without it, then agrees Peter: we aren't going out, doesn't matter