Author: Elie Wiesel, 1956

   SUMMARY

Families had to evacuate the town where they lived because they were told that the Jews were being executed. a couple weeks later after they left the town, they were captured and taken to camps. At the camps, the family was separated. This family never saw each other again. The Jews suffer a lot in this camp because they weren’t given enough food to fill their starve nor enough blankets to cover them from the cold. throughout the years they became weak and those who were weak were executed. They were taken to different camps many times and in the camps, there were what they called ‘yards’ they were also separated. They were translated in wagons, and whoever died within the way the body was thrown outside while the wagon kept moving and one time they fought for a piece of bread to the pint were a son tackled his dad with intentions of getting the bread, they both died. they also had to eat the snow in replacement of water.  The jews really did suffer a lot but not all people know what really happened, its only known that they were killed.

Main characters

ELIEZER 

A innocent child. He is also a deeply observant jew, studying talmud by day and kabbalah by night.

ELIEZER FATHER

A respected jewish community leader in sighet.

TZIPORA

Eliezer seven years old sister.

MADAME SCHACHTER

A woman from sighet who is deported in the same cattle car as Eli.

MOCHE THE BEADLE

A poor, humble man who works at the hasidic synagogue in sighet. He help Eli to study the cabbala.

DR MENGUELE

An officer who decides who is going to the crematories during selections.

NEW WORDS

1.HOLOCAUST

A great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.

2.BUTCHERED:

When something has been damaged completely.

3.CORPSES:

A dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal.

4.WOUNDED:

Inflict an injury on someone

NEW WORDS

5.BARRACKS:

A building or group of buildings use to house soldiers

6.JEWS:

A member of the people and cultural community, whose traditional religion is judaism.

7.GRAPPE:

Engaged in a close fight or struggle without weapons, wrestle.

8.AWKWARD:

Causing difficulty; hard to do a deal with.

“Yet another last night.

The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto,

the last night in the train, the last night in Buna”.

He is repeating “the last night” to emphasizes death, not just the death of his fellow’s

prisoners, but the death of humanity.

this quote is sending me the clear message of sadnesses and means the same

every night for him.

“It is more important to ask GOD

the right questions, than to try to find

the right answers”.

I think that these words are very important for anyone

suffering any bad situation.

This quotation gives you peace in the middle of the war

gives you strength in your weaknesses

gives you faith in a hell life.

I highly recommend people to read this book, because it leaves you

a good message and helps us understand how the Jews were treated and didn’t get help,

also by reading this book we created concise about the life we are living today and helps us to

appreciated the rights we now have.