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Franek, Idek, and Alphonse

What were they like? Who were they? How did they treat Elie

and his father?

Elie’s Friends

The French Girl: who is she?

Akiba Drumer: what happens to him?

The brothers: How do they help Elie?

The Dentists

Who are they?What are they after?What happens to them?How do they do the extractions?

The Beatings

Why does Elie get whipped? His father is beaten by both Idek

and Franek. Why?

The Bombings

Who bombs Buna? What are the prisoners rxn to

what is left in the open? What happens to the one who

dares… What do the prisoners hope will

happen during the bombing?

The kapos and pipel What are they like? What happens to them?

"There is a place on earth that is a vast desolate wilderness,a place populated by shadows of the dead in their multitudes,a place where the living are dead, where only death, hate and pain exist."--Giuliana Tedeschi

The Hangings

Who gets hanged? Why? What effect do these have

on Elie? What does he use to

describe his feelings? Who oversees the

hangings?

The Selection Who oversees the selection? Who wants to get selected? Why? Who doesn’t avoid it? What is the inheritance? What does Elie compare it to?

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Jewish New Year Day of Atonement How does Elie feel during

these days?

Elie at Buna

What defines him here? What is he always called in

this chapter? What has he lost? What are his two jobs? Who tries to scare him?

(Job2)

Elie at the Hospital/ Russian Liberation

Why is he there? Conversations with his neighbor: Who

does he have the most faith in? What are the options when the Russians

are near? What might happen if he stays? What are Jews forced to do before

evacuating? What are they called for the first time?