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32 Cards in this Set
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Where was Elie's hometown?
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Transylvania
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How many sisters did he have?
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3 - Hilda, Bei, & Tzipora
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How did Moshe the Beadle escape the Germans?
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He was taken for dead
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What did Madame Schachter keep seeing on the train?
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Fire
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What was the reception center for Auschwitz?
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Birkenau
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How old were Elie and his dad when they arrived at Auschwitz? How old did they say they were?
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Elie- 15
dad- 50 They said Elie was 18 and his dad was 40 |
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What was the prayer for the dead?
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the Kaddish
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What were people who worked in crematories called?
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sonder-kommando
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What were the only things prisoners were allowed to have?
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their shoes and belts
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What phrase was over the Auschwitz door?
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Work is liberty!
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Who were Yossi and Yibi?
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Two Czech brothers whose parents were killed @ Birkenau
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How did Elie save his gold crown from the dentist?
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He faked sick, then the dentist was jailed
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Who did Elie give is gold crown to & why?
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Franek (the foreman) because his dad couldn't walk in step
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Why was Elie whipped 25 times?
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He walked in on Idek making out w/ a girl on the job
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What was a pipel?
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A child with a beautiful & refined face
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What is Rosh Hashanah?
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The last day of the accursed year
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What is Yom Kippur?
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The day of Atonement, but Elie didn't fast
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What is a musulman?
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A weak prisoner
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At selections, what did the prisoners do to look better?
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run
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What was Elie's inheritance?
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A spoon & a knife
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Why did Elie get a foot surgery at Buna?
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His foot had swelled from the cold
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Did the people at the Buna hospital get freed by the Russians?
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Yes
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How many miles did they run from Buna to Gleiwitz?
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42 miles
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Who played the violin for the dying men and himself (who was dying also)
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Juliek
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What was Elie's dad's name?
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Chlomo
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Who was Meir Katz
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A gardener who was getting weaker. He was in charge of a wagen to Buchenwald
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Why would no one feed Chlomo?
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He was ill, and people thought it was a waste
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Was Elie with Chlomo when he died?
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yes- an officer beat Chlomo when he was yelling Elie's name, and then he died. Elie had decided to be an invalid that day
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When did the first american tank stand at the gates of Buchenwald?
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April 5th
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After they were freed, what did everyone think of?
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food, not revenge
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When Elie was food poisoned, & looked in the mirror, what did he see?
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His dad's corpse staring back at him
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Where did the train and wagon go to and from?
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Train: from transylvania to Auschwitz
Wagon: from Gleiwitz to Buchenwald |