Below, you will find the suggested schedule for reading Night, by Elie Wiesel, the true-life story
of the author’s time in Auschwitz. Night will also be the last work we will read this year and will
be the test you will take during the week of finals.
by 5/09
by 5/16
by 5/22
5/23 – 5/25
Page 1-54
Page 55-90
Page 91 – 119
Finals: Tues 5/23 (Per. 1& 2); Wed. 5/24 (Per. 3&4); Thurs. 5/25 (Per. 5&6)
Night Study Sheet:
A-7713
The number tattooed on Elie’s left arm.
Akiba Drumer
Prisoner who lost his faith in God and allowed himself to be executed.
Auschwitz
The Nazi death-camp where Elie and the rest of the Jews from Sighet were
sent.
Buchenwald
The death camp where Elie and his father were transferred in 1945.
Buna
The labor camp at Auschwitz where Elie and his father lived.
Chlomo Wiesel
Father of Elie, died in January of 1945.
crematory
large oven used for cremation.
Dr. Mengele
The cruel SS doctor who interviewed Elie and his father, asking them their
ages. He was known as the “Angel of Death.”
dysentery
The intestinal disease that led to the death of Elie’s father.
Elie Wiesel
Author, survivor and winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
Form Fives
The method the Nazis made the prisoners march from place to place.
Franek
The foreman of Elie’s work-group at Buna.
ghetto
Barricaded section of town where the Nazis held the Jews before
deportation
.
Idek
The Kapo of Elie’s block at Buna.
Juliek
A bespeckeled Pole who played the violin.
Kaddish
The Jewish prayer for the dead.
Kapos
Blockhouse prisoners who were in charge of running the camps for the
Nazis.
Madame Schachter
Jewish woman who saw flames in her mad visions.
Meir Katz
Friend of Elie’s father who helps him save Elie from being strangled by an
unknown prisoner.
Moshe the Beadle
Synagogue worker who escaped the Nazis and returned to warn the
citizens of the town. No one believed him.
selection
The process the Nazis used to rid the camp of weak prisoners.
Sighet, Hungary
Hometown of Elie Wiesel.
SS
The Nazi guard units in charge of running and maintaining the
concentration camps.
Yom Kippur
The Jewish Day of Atonement.