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Night Test Review 2
Characters of Night
Term | Definition |
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Elie Wiesel | Narrator of the memoir |
Dr. Josef Mengele | Man who decided which people would work and which would die |
Zalman | Was trampled to death in the death march to Gleiwitz |
Shlomo | Elie's father; a well respected man of his community that gradually becomes weaker and weaker throughout the story |
Juliek | Played the violin as a tribute to other dying Jews before he died |
Madame Schachter | Loses her mind as she envisions fire |
Moishe the Beadle | Tries to warn the Jews of Sighet about the impending danger |
Rabbi Eliahou | Does not realize that his son has abandoned him |
Tzipora | Elie's youngest sister who dies in Auschwitz |
Idek | Kapo who beats Elie and his father in Buna |
Akiba the Drummer | Loses his faith and then his will to live as a result of his experiences in the concentration camp |
Franek | The cruel foreman at Buna who beats Elie's father in order to get Elie's gold crown |
Meir Katz | The strong man who prevents Elie from being strangled |