Night: Auschwitz Concentration Camp and Prisoners Indoctrination Benefit
Jane Smith
Miss Darr
AP English – Night
23 August 2013
Chapter 1
1. Describe Moshe the Beadle. Explain his relationship with the Jews of Sighet, particularly Eliezer.
Moshe the Beadle is poor and not a local Jew. He is foreign and now lives in Sighet. He’s very shy but the people welcome him with open arms despite him being strange at times. He teaches some Kabbalah to Eliezer.
2. How does deportation change Moshe? How do others’ feelings toward him change?
When he comes back, he is no longer shy as he once was. Moshe is now very outspoken about his experience when he left Sighet. He no longer talks about God. The people of Sighet now assume he is crazy.
3. Why are spirits among the Jews of Sighet relatively high at the beginning of Night?
The spirits are relatively high because they think the Germans will not make it to Sighet. They believe the Germans won’t pursue past Budapest. They are also high because once the Germans arrive, they treat the Jews kindly.
4. Describe life in the Sighet ghettos.
There are two Sighet ghettos, one is small and one is large. Barbed wire surrounds them and they can’t leave their house for three or more days. All of them have to wear a yellow star and all valuables are taken. The two ghettos are each allowed to have their own republic.
5. Explain the opportunities for escape that the Wiesels miss before evacuation.
One opportunity the Wiesels miss is when somebody from the Hungarian police knocked on their window. He was going to try and help them escape but they did not get to the window soon enough. They missed another opportunity when their maid offers them a place to hide. The third and final opportunity is when Eliezer tells his dad they should flee to Palestine but his dad refuses.
Chapter 2
6. Describe the ghetto evacuation and journey to Auschwitz.
The ghetto evacuation starts off with all of the Jews waiting at the synagogue to wait. They soon get loaded into cattle
Miss Darr
AP English – Night
23 August 2013
Chapter 1
1. Describe Moshe the Beadle. Explain his relationship with the Jews of Sighet, particularly Eliezer.
Moshe the Beadle is poor and not a local Jew. He is foreign and now lives in Sighet. He’s very shy but the people welcome him with open arms despite him being strange at times. He teaches some Kabbalah to Eliezer.
2. How does deportation change Moshe? How do others’ feelings toward him change?
When he comes back, he is no longer shy as he once was. Moshe is now very outspoken about his experience when he left Sighet. He no longer talks about God. The people of Sighet now assume he is crazy.
3. Why are spirits among the Jews of Sighet relatively high at the beginning of Night?
The spirits are relatively high because they think the Germans will not make it to Sighet. They believe the Germans won’t pursue past Budapest. They are also high because once the Germans arrive, they treat the Jews kindly.
4. Describe life in the Sighet ghettos.
There are two Sighet ghettos, one is small and one is large. Barbed wire surrounds them and they can’t leave their house for three or more days. All of them have to wear a yellow star and all valuables are taken. The two ghettos are each allowed to have their own republic.
5. Explain the opportunities for escape that the Wiesels miss before evacuation.
One opportunity the Wiesels miss is when somebody from the Hungarian police knocked on their window. He was going to try and help them escape but they did not get to the window soon enough. They missed another opportunity when their maid offers them a place to hide. The third and final opportunity is when Eliezer tells his dad they should flee to Palestine but his dad refuses.
Chapter 2
6. Describe the ghetto evacuation and journey to Auschwitz.
The ghetto evacuation starts off with all of the Jews waiting at the synagogue to wait. They soon get loaded into cattle