Night 5-7

What did Akiba Drumer and the rabbi from Poland have in common

Both of them lost their faith and ended up dead.

Why did Eliezer's father make him wake up when he slept in the shed

Elie might not have woken up like some of the other prisoners.

How did Eliezer save his father even after his father had been sent "to the left"

Elie ran after his father and caused confusion.

What did Elie Wiesel do to avoid "selection" by Mengele

Elie ran as fast as he could to show he was healthy and had energy.

What "inheritance" did Elie's father give his son when the father was selected

Elie's father gave him a spoon and a knife.

How did Elie almost die in the barracks

He couldn't get the bodies off of him, so he was being suffocated.

How did Meir Katz save Eliezer

He got the Jew that was strangling Elie to stop.

How did Zalman die

He had a stomach cramp and sunk down into the snow.

How did Elie Wiesel end up the hospital

He had an infected and swollen foot that need an operation.

What did Juliek do before he died

He played the violin.

How was this New Year's Day different for Wiesel

He was accusing God and wasn't believing profoundly.

Why was the youth from Warsaw hanged

He was hanged for steeling during the alert.

Why didn't Wiesel fast (go without food) on Yom Kipper

His father didn't want him to be weak and Elie's faith wasn't 100%.

What didn't Eliezer tell Rabbi Eliahou

Rabbi Eliahou's son tried to leave him behind.

How many men came to the Rosh Hashanah service

Ten thousand men came to the service.

What "fine New Year's gift" did the SS give the Jews

The SS had a selection for the crematorium.

Why was Eliezer's father almost thrown from the train

The gravediggers thought Elie's father was dead.

What did the head of the block have the prisoners do before moving out

The head made the prisoners clean their block.

What made the move to Gleiwitz so hard

The move was so hard because of the icy wind and snow the prisoners had to run through.

How did the old man and his son die

The old man was killed by his son because he had bread. The other Jews killed the son because he now had bread.

Why did only a dozen of the original 100 prisoners get off the cattle care Eliezer was on when the train arrived in Buchenwald

The other prisoners had died from the cold and being weak, so they were thrown off.

Years later, how was the Parisiennne's treatment of the Natives like the Germans' treatment of the starving Jews

The treatments were alike because they both were having to fight for who got the one ration of bread or coin.

How did the German workmen amuse themselves

The workmen watched the Jews fight over bread thrown into the cart.

Why did Elie leave the hospital only two days after his surgery

There was an evacuation of Buna and he thought he would be killed if he stayed.

Why were the Dutchman and the "pipel" hanged

They were hanged for having armed weapons in their station at Buna.

What happened to prisoners who stopped running

They were trampled on or shot by the SS.

How did Wiesel's father avoid the second selection

Weisel's father convinced the Germans that he was useful.