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Chapter 1 Elie meets Moishe the Beadle,  who teaches Elie about Kabbalah All of the foreign Jews are expelled from Sighet, including Moishe Moishe returns to Sighet to tell the Jews about what he experienced, but no one believes him German soldiers come to Sighet and begin to oppress the Jews slowly Passover begins The leaders of the Jewish community are arrested on the seventh day of Passover

Chapter 1 (continued) The Jewish people are no longer allowed to own any valuables and are stripped of their belongings  The Jewish people must wear the yellow star to be identified at all times Two ghettos are created and the Jews are transferred within them Elie and his family are moved to the small ghetto Elie and his family are moved out of the ghetto on one of the transports

Chapter 2 Elie and his family are sent on the train ride to Birkenau When they arrive at the camp, families are separated and Elie and his father must leave Elie's mom and sisters. Elie meets Dr. Mengele Everyone is sent to the showers, and then assigned to a barrack The specialists of certain jobs are taken

Chapter 3 All of the men were taken to Auschwitz Elie and his father are assigned to block 17 Elie is given the number A-7713 Elie and his father find a family member Everyone is sent to Buna (subcamp)

Chapter 4 At Buna, they are given showers, new clothes, and are assigned to a tent All of the men go through a medical checkup Elie and his father are put in the orchestra block Elie meets Juliek and becomes friends with Yossi and Tibi Elie is sent to the dentist to have his gold crown removed, but he pretends to be sick The dentist is arrested

Chapter 4 (continuted) Elie is beaten for getting in Idek's way Franek demands Elie's gold crown, but Elie refuses so he torments Elie's father Elie gives Franek the gold crown Elie sees Idek with a girl and is whipped Allies start bombing Buna A young boy is hung, but doesn't die instantly. Elie is forced to watch the boy dying.

Chapter 5 Elie and his father are put into different blocks A selection takes place and Elie's father does not pass, so he gives Elie his knife and spoon Elie's father passes second selection Winter begins Elie gets an operation on his foot The red army approaches Buna, so the Jewish are forced to evacuate  Last night in Buna The death march begins

Chapter 6 The Jewish are forced to run for an excruciating amount of time They arrive at an abandoned village The Rabbi asks if they have seen his son, whom Elie remembers seeing departing from his father to save himself. Elie vows to never be like the Rabbi's son and to never leave his father. 

Chapter 7 The Jews continue marching until they arrive in Gleiwitz Juliek plays violin until he dies There is a selection and Elie and his father are sent to different sides, A commotion booms and his father is able to switch sides. They are sent on a train that makes constant stops to throw out the dead They stop in German town and the civilians throw bread into the trains They arrive in Buchenwald

Chapter 8 They are sent to the showers, however, Elie's father wants to sit and not go on An alert sounds  Elie is separated from his father, but finds him the next morning The blocks are cleaned and Elie's father begins to suffer from dysentery Elie goes to the doctor who says there is nothing he can do to save Elie's father The other men begin to steal Mr. Wiesel's food and beat him because they can no longer stand him The block leader tells Elie to let his father go Elie's father dies and Elie is transferred to the children's block

Chapter 9 Evacuation of the camps begin The American army comes Elie is liberated Elie looks in the mirror for the first time and describes himself as that of a corpse