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Night Characters
Review of major characters in the novel Night
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Elie Wiesel | main character; narrator; fifteen years old |
| Chlomo Wiesel | Father of the protagonist; respected member of the Jewish community |
| Moshe the Beadle | tries to warn people of danger |
| Madame Schachter | thought to have gone insane but maybe was just the only one to recognize the fate that lay ahead of the Jews |
| Sarah Wiesel | mother of the protagonist |
| Berkovitz | friend of the protagonist; tries to warn the Jewish community of danger to come |
| Dr. Mengele | notoriously cruel SS member in charge of deciding which prisoners can work and which should immediately be murdered |
| Akiba Drumer | devoted student of cabbala; encourager to the other prisoners |
| Juliek | Polish prisoner who plays the violin |
| Franek | student from Warsaw; fellow prisoner; helps Elie find a place next to his father but later cheats him |
| Idek | Kapo at the warehouse; savagely beats Elie and his father |
| Alphonse | kind Jew who is the head of Elie's block for a time in Buna |
| French Girl | nameless; comforts Elie after Idek's beating; Elie sees her again later in Paris |
| Rabbi Eliahou | looks for his son during the march to Gleiwitz |
| Meir Katz | strong, burly man who is broken by his experience at the camps |