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Night Places,Things
Night Places and Things Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Elie and his family's hometown? | Sighet, Hungary |
| What is the segregated (separated) part of Sighet where Jews were forced to live? | Ghetto |
| What is the small town on the Czech border where Elie's train first stopped? | Kaschau |
| What is the large concentration camp where Elie was taken, his mother and 2 sisters were killed there? | Auschwitz |
| What is the concentration camp near Auschwitz? | Birkenau |
| What is the labor camp were Elie and his father worked in an electrical warehouse? | Buna |
| What is the area where fighting was taking place between the Germans adn the Russians? | The Russian Front |
| What was the last camp that Elie and his father were sent to? | Buchenwald |
| What is another name for the Russian Army? | Red Army |
| What does the sign above the enterance at Auschwitz mean- Arbeit Macht Frei? | "Work makes you free." |
| What is the process by which inmates are chosen to either live or die? | selection |
| What is the area where fighting occurs? | Front |
| What is the term used to describe wehn the Allies (Americans, English, and Russians) freed the inmates from camps? | liberation |