ela Flashcards
(10 cards)
What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book? What was the world condition at the time?
What was the public reaction to Moshe’s story?
People refused to believe him. Some would not even listen to him. They said he just wanted their pity.
What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book? What was the world condition at the time?
The year was 1942. The story started out in the town of Sighet in Transylvania. World War II was in progress. The author mentions 1943, and then describes events in 1944. The Fascist party had taken power.
How did Elie describe the men after the air raid?
He said they inhaled the smoky air and their eyes shone with hope.
Who was Meir Katz? What happened to him?
He was a friend of Wiesel’s. He had been the gardener at Buna. His son had been taken during the first selection, but he had remained sane. Now he was cracking up. When Eliezer was being strangled on the train, Mr. Wiesel called on Meir Katz to help them. He died in the train just before the men were unloaded at Buchenwald.
What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book? What was the world condition at the time?
The year was 1942. The story started out in the town of Sighet in Transylvania. World War II was in progress. The author mentions 1943, and then describes events in 1944. The Fascist party had taken power.
When did Wiesel say the travelers left their illusions behind?
It was when they left the train at Birkenau. They left their cherished objects and illusions behind on the train
Describe Elie’s meeting with Juliek.
The prisoners had arrived at Gleiwitz, and were moving into the barracks. Men were pushing and trampling over each other. Elie heard a voice that he recognized. It was Juliek, the musician from Warsaw who had played the violin at Buna. They spoke for a few seconds. Juliek then played a Beethoven concerto on his violin. The next morning Juliek was dead and the violin had been trampled.
Describe Elie’s meeting with Juliek.
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What was Elie’s only desire
to eat
How did Wiesel say he felt about the Hungarian police?
He said he began to hate them because they were his and his community’s first oppressors.
What happened on April 10, 1945?
The resistance fighters took charge of the camp. At 6 PM the first American troops arrived.
To what did Wiesel compare the world?
He said it was a cattle wagon hermetically sealed.
