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Anne Frank
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl
who hid in an annex for 25
months and was a victim of
the Holocaust.

Babies
On the first night that Elie
Wiesel arrived at Auschwitz
(Birkenau), he witnessed
babies being burned in a pit.

Cattle cars
Cattle cars were train cars
that were used to transport
Jews to concentration camps
and had extremely harsh
conditions.

Death
The entire Frank family
excluding Otto Frank faced
their deaths due to the
Holocaust.

Emaciation
Many Jews died during the
Holocaust from emaciation
due to lack of sufficient food
in concentration camps.

Fire
Madame Schachter was
gagged, tied up, and beaten
on the cattle car so that she
could not scream about
seeing a fire.

Gallows
Eliezer witnesses several
people hanged on the gallows,
including the 13-year-old pipel
with the face of an angel.
Hitler

When Adolf Hitler became the

leader of Germany, the Frank
family decided to move to
Holland.

Infection
Eliezer was hospitalized and
had to receive an operation
on his foot due to an infection.

Jewish
Approximately six million
Jewish people were murdered
during the Holocaust.

Kapo
Kapos were higher privileged
prisoners inside concentration
camps who were in charge of
the other inmates.

Labor camp
Elie was sent to a forced labor
camp along with his father
and worked in an electrical
equipment warehouse.

Menorah
Anne and the seven other
inhabitants of the annex lit
the menorah on Hannukah
and celebrated by singing
songs.

National
Socialist German
Workers' Party
The National Socialist German
Workers' Party believed that
Jews were an inferior race
responsible for Germany's
troubles.
Occupation

When asked what his

occupation was, Eliezer
responded that he was a
farmer to avoid being put in
the crematory.

Palestine
Back at Sighet, Elie suggests
that they should move to
Palestine, but his father says
that he is too old to start over.

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Rabbi
Eliezer prayed for the strength
to not abandon his father like
Rabbi Eliahou's son did.

Sighet
Sighet was a little town in
Transylvania where Elie and
his family lived before they
were deported to
concentration camps.

Tattoo
Elie received a tattoo, A-7713,
on his arm as an
indentification number in the
concentration camps.

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Violin
Eliezer hears Juliek playing
Beethoven on his violin, and
finds him dead with his violin
trampled the next morning.

World War II
The Holocaust took place
during World War II and
claimed several million
people's lives.
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Yellow Star

The Germans issued a decree

that stated that all Jews must
wear a yellow symbol so that
it is visible on their clothing.

Zionist
Elie's friends at Buna, Yossi
and Tibbi, are Zionists who
plan to move to Palestine
after the war is over.