Banishment; to be kicked out of one's country

(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

Agonizing physical or mental pain

From Night: Was a teenage boy who was forced to be moved with family and friends to a concentration camp from the ghetto, and at the same time tried to stay with his father along his journey.

Elie's sister, youngest, sent to crematorium

the town in Transylvania where Wiesel is from

Teaches Eliezer about Jewish mysticism, poor, loved by many, escaped from the Nazis

German concentration camp, Weimer Germany, 56,000 victims, 13,000 transferred, built by prisoners. This was the last camp that Elie was placed, he was liberated there. His father died there.

largest death camp of the holocaust

Vehicle for the transportation of animals used for the transportation of Jews during the Holocaust

a block leader in the concentration camps

Jewish prayer for the dead

a day of rest and worship for Christians and Jews

A special Jewish Feast that marks Gods deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt

a body of mystical jewish teachings

Eliezer's foreman at Buna. Franek notices Eliezer's gold tooth and gets a dentist in the camp to pry it out with a rusty spoon.

Kapo in the electrical warehouse who beats Elie and his father

A young musician whom Eliezer meets in Auschwitz. Juliek reappears late in the memoir, when Eliezer hears him playing the violin after the death march to Gleiwitz.

kapo whose status was "head of camp"

Abbreviation of Schutzstaffel (Defense Protective Units). Notorious for implementing European Jews' extermination.

Nazi secret police

Eliezer's oldest sister

the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

Who is the infamous Nazi doctor presiding over the Auschwitz arrivals?

A term used when the SS forced prisoners to line up for inspection and decided which prisoners would live and which would be killed.