Prisoner B-3087 Story Elements (plot, characters, setting, theme, etc…) – Flashcards
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Setting
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Nazi Germany, German/ Polish Prison Camps Begins in 1939
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Krakow
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Poland, ghetto, where Yanek and his family are living before they were taken by Nazis
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Plaszow
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First place where Yanek goes there to work, Yanek meets Amon Goeth, Uncle Moshe is there
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Wielicka
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Salt mine, Everything was salt, Yanek recognizes the Judenrat that came to Krakow
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Trzebina
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This is the worst camp for Yanek, moves rocks back and fourth
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Birkenau
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is/was a death camp, Yanek goes to the gas chamber, but he takes a shower, rather than dies, gets his tattoo
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Auschwitz
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Death Camp, Yanek is in the train "forever" Fred dies; gets hung in at roll call
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Sachsenhausen
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Yanek breaks rocks and chops wood, The Jews are forced to pull carts and sing
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Bergen-Belson
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Yanek is fed good food and gets a week off; he meets "moonface"; He wins the race here to get away from Moonface
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Buchenwald
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Yanek meets "The Witch of Buchenwald" (Ilse Koch), there he sees the "zoo" for the Nazis families; the animals were treated better than the jews,
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Gross-Rosen
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Second to the last camp (Dachau), gets whipped over 40 times, He hears "bomb"
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*Dachau (extra Credit)
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Last camp Yanek was at, Gets liberated by American soldiers;
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Yanek Gruener
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12 to 18, He is is Jewish, he goes to multiple concentration camps
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Uncle Moshe
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Yanke's uncle, went to Plaszow and dies there, shot by Goeth. He hides the money, but dies not leaving the hiding place to Yanke.
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Amen Goeth
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Nazi SS officer who used a rifle to kill people as they walked through the camp
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Yanke's parents
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Oscar and Mina Gruener, Mother hid money and stitched it in their sleeves.
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Thomas, Isaac
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Yanek's friend they hide under the floorboards.
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Fred
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Yanek's friends that he meets in the concentration camp; he gets sick and can't work anymore, so they kill him
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Mrs. Immerglicks
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yells at Yanke for playing soccer in the hallway, she gets shot; tenants taker her things
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Mr. Tatarka
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Yanek finds him dead
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Resolution/Conclusion
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Yanek goes to Dachau, gets liberated, ends up going to Manchui, reunites with cousins, goes to america.
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Perseverance (theme)
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Yanek survives six years and ten ten extermination camps. He worked hard to stay alive.
