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English "Night" Flashcards

0
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What is the name of the hometown of the Jews in the story

A

Sighet, Transylvania

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Describe the character of Moishe the Beadle in the beginning of chapter one

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Awkward

Shy

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How old was Elie when he met Moshie

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12 almost 13

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What did Elie ask of his father

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Find a master to guide him in Studies of Kabbalah

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Describe the character of Mr. Wiesel

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Cultured man, rarely displayed feelings; people often south his advice

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Who were Elie’s sisters

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Hilda, Bea, Tzipora

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What was the occupation of Elie’s family

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Ran a store

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What was Elie’s father’s attitude toward his interest in wanting to be a cabbalist

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Wanted to drive the idea from his mind

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8
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What is Elie’s first full name

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Eliezer

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Whom did Elie speak to everyday in the synagogue

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Moishe

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What happened to Moishe

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He was expelled from Sighet

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11
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What did the Gestapo officers use as target practice

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Infants tossed into the air

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How did Moishe’s character change after the incident with the Gestapo

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He wasn’t happy or joyful

He didn’t mention God or the Kabbalah

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13
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How did the other Jews feels about Moishe’s stories

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No one believed him

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14
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Why did Moishe want people to hear and believe his story

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So they could ready themselves and be preparedness

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How did the people of Sighet feel at first about the possibility of Hitler exterminating them

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They doubted he could do it

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Why did Mr. Wiesel not want to leave the country and escape to Plaestine

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He tough the was too old to start over

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What were the Jews’ first attitudes toward the German soldiers

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They were reassured and thought that they were friendly

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18
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How had their attitudes changed by the time of Passover

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They thought they were mean and they did not feel safe around them anymore

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What happened on the 7th day of Passover

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Germans arrested the Jewish leaders of the town

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20
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What were the Jews ordered to wear

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The yellow star

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21
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What was set up for the Jews of Sighet

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Ghettos

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22
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Kristalnacht

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Night of broken glass

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23
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How did they feel about it at first

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They felt normal

They felt like they were being protected

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24
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What did Mr. Wiesel find out at the meeting he was summoned to

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Transports

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25
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What were they allowed to bring with them

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Backpack
Some food
Few items of clothing

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26
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What metaphor does the author use to describe the ghetto after everyone had been forced out

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An open tomb

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27
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Describe the manner in which the Jews were forced out by the officers

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Roughly
Rude
Rushed
In cattle cars

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28
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What was special about the weeping of Elie’s father

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Elie had never seen him cry before

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29
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What day was chosen for their expulsion and why is this important

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Saturday

It was the day of rest

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30
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How were the Jews transported from the synagogue to the camp

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Convoy of cattle cars

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31
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Describe the condition of the cattle wagon

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Rough

Little air food and water

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32
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What did the German officers say to the passengers when they stopped

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German Army controlled them

They had to give their gold silver and watches over

33
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Who was Madame Schacter

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50 year old woman
Lost her husband and 2 older sons
Was going crazy

34
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What was she missing

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Her family

35
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What did she continue to scream

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“Fire! I see a fire!”

36
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What were the real ages of Elie and his Father at the time

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Elie - 15

Father - 50

37
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How old did each one say he as

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Elie - 18

Father - 40

38
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What was the name of the camp

A

Birkenau

39
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What prayer did the prisoners recite

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Kaddish

40
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What was Elie’s ID number

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A-7713

41
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What did Elie have that another prisoner wanted

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Good shoes

42
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What were Elie and his assigned to do

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Warehouse of electrical materials

43
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Who did Elie become friends with

A

Yossi & Tibi

44
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What did Idek do to Elie

A

Beat him

45
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What did Franek want from Elie

A

Gold crown

46
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What did the prisoners do on New Year’s Day

A

Participate in solemn service

Fast

47
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Who was the doctor who did the selecting

A

Dr. Mengele

48
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At least how many miles did they run

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20km at least

49
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To where were the prisoners running

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Gleiwitz

50
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Who was Juliek

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Violinist from Warsaw in Buna orchestra

51
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How many days did they travel on the train

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12

52
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How many prisoners now fit on the train

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100

53
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Where did Elie witness a scene years later that was like one he saw on the cattle car

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Aden with coins

54
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How many passengers in Elie’s wagon survived the trip to Buchenwald

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12

55
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What disease did Mr. Wiesel catch

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Dysentery

56
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What did Elie’s father tell him

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That he buried the gold and silver in the cellar

57
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Why did Elie hate the others in the camp

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No one helped his father

58
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What were the month and the year at the time of Mr. Wiesel’s death

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January 29, 1945

59
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What was the date Elie left Buchenwald

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April 10

60
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Where was Adolf Hitler born

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near Bavaria, Germany on April 20, 1889

61
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German Workers’ Party

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Demand for additional territories for the German people
Citizenship determined by race with NO Jews considered German
All income not earned by work to be confiscated
A thorough reconstruction of the national education system
Religious freedom except for religions which endangered the German race
A strong central government

62
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Youth Program

A

Hitler established this program in 1920

63
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Events that led to the Nazi’s rise in Germany

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A humiliating defeat in WWI
The demand by the Allies that Germany pay war reparations ($33 billion) because they had begun the war
These demands caused ruinous inflation in Germany
The German’s couldn’t pay, so France occupied parts of Germany
Prices rose so high that hunger riots broke out
People were ready to revolt against the democratic government

64
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What did Hitler promise in his election

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Jobs for the unemployed 
Profits to industry 
Order for the chaos 
Larger army 
End war reparations
Keep down Marxists and Jews 
Germany would again be a power contender
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Prejudice

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Judging a person without knowing anything about them

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Stereotype

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A label put on a person without knowing them

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Racism

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Hatred or violence against a race of people

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Scapegoat

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A person blamed unjustly for the problems of his/her society

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Genocide

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The killing of a group of people

70
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Anti-Semitism

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Hatred against Jews

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Holocaust

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The extermination or mass killing of Jews during WWII

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Aryan Race

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“Perfect” race of blonde haired, blue eyed people

73
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Adolfo Hitler

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“The Fuhrer”
Dictator of Germany
Obtained power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the majority

74
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Third Reich

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The third republic of Germany

Began with hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and ended in 1945 with Hitler’s defeat

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S.S.

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The elite nazi guards who were trained to brutalize people and were in charge of concentration camps

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Gestapo

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The secret police of Germany used to uncover and undermine people who went against the government

77
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Final Solution

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The plan devised in 1941 to speed up killing in concentration camps — gas chambers and crematories were more efficient and inexpensive than shooting and burying

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Selection

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Process of the SS lining up prisoners for inspection to decide who lived and who died

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Dr. Mengele

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aka the “Angel of Death”

was a doctor who preformed unspeakable unnecessary experiments and operations on prisoners

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