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| poor man living in Sighet. was the only "begger" loved by everybody, very happy guy. taken by nazi to a death camp. came back way different, tried to warn others of the danger they were in, nobody wanted to believe him. |
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| Wiesel's families servant. offered to hide the family instead of them going to the concentration camps. |
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| kept "forshadowing" the furnaces on the train. said she saw a fire when it was pitch black. went mad and annoyed others. |
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| main character in the story. very "mentally strong" he didnt give up hope and lived even though Germans thought he was 5 years older then he really was. |
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| Elie basically kept him going in the book. Towards the end he got very sick and began to loose all hope. Ended up dyeing very close to when the Jewish were librated. |
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The largest and most deadly of the concentratoin camps. Southern Poland, extermination and labor camp.
1.1 million deaths |
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Concentration camp between Frankfurt and Leipzing, thousands died from overwork and execution.
76,000 deaths |
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| a working camp. "very good if you get into the right unit" said campers Elie talked to. Elie had the job of counting blots/nuts at an electrical unit with his father. |
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