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What did Eliezer and his sisters help with?
Eliezer is twelve in 1941. He lives in a town called Sighet, in territory then controlled by Hungary. His father is respected in the Jewish community. As a boy, Weisel studies the Torah (the Jewish Bible) and the Talmud (rabbinical teachings), while his sisters Hilda, Béa, and Tzipora help his parents run a shop.
What preparations does the family make for being deported?
How do they prepare for deportation? They pack food, a set of clothes, and their most precious belongings. They eat a good dinner the night before, go to sleep early so they are well rested, and wake up early in the morning to make sure everyone is ready.
What happened to Eliezer and the other prisoners in Buchenwald?
Buchenwald: For three days and nights, Eliezer and the other prisoners ride the train from Gleiwitz (Gliwice) in Poland to Buchenwald (near Weimar) in Germany with no food or water. Only 12 of the 100 men in Eliezer’s car survive. Eliezer and about 20,000 prisoners are liberated on April 11, 1945.
How did Elie and his father get separated from his mother and sisters?
When both ghettos were liquidated the entire Jewish population of Sighet was deported to Auschwitz- Birkenau. At the selection ramp of Birkenau, Wiesel was separated from his mother and sisters.
How do Elie and his father get separated from his mother and Tzipora what is his last memory of them?
What is Eliezer’s last memory of his mother and Tzipora? Elie’s last memory of his mother and sister is of them going into the women’s line when they got to the concentration camp. “Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion.
How does Eliezer describe himself in Chapter 2?
As a young Jewish boy and young adult, Eliezer describes himself as strong and devout in his faith. He longed to have a tutor to help him study the…
What happens to Elie’s mother and sisters?
Immediately after the Wiesel family arrived at Auschwitz, Elie and his father were separated from his mother and sisters. He never his mother and one sister again and then found out years later that his mother and youngest sister were killed in the gas chambers at the concentration camp.