Night – Notebook Chapter 6/7

Timeline May 1944 – train for 3? Days – arrival @ Birkenau – transferred to Auschwitz – Block 17 – few weeks – taken to Buna Summer 44 – working at Buna, Idek incident, bombing, hangings Fall Winter/1944 – Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur), Selection, Surgery, Evacuation January 1945 – Death March to Gleiwitz (~13 miles 1st night, ~42 miles total), 3 days w/o food, water, then train to Buchenwald (4? Days)

Character list Ch 5 – New Blockalteste (construction) – German Jew w/ piercing eyes Ch 5 – Hungarian Jew – Eliezer’s neighbor in the infirmary Ch 6 – Zalman – young boy who dies during death march Ch 6 – Rabbi Eliahu – son abandons him during march Ch 6 – Juliek – plays violin until death Ch 7 – Old man and son fighting over bread Ch 7 – Meir Katz – gardner/friend – doesn’t survive train

Discussion Questions 1. “I shall always remember that smile. Where in the world did it come from?” (p. 90) Where do you think the smile came from? 2. What horrible realization did Elie come to concerning Rabbi Eliahou and his son? 3. What was Juliek’s last act? Why did he do it? 4. What is the physical condition of Elie and his father after covering more than 42 miles by foot? 5. How did Elie help his father when the selection was made? How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train? 6. How many got out of the wagon? Where had they arrived?