| A | B |
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| Elie Wiesel | the narrator; teenage boy who suffers through the final year of the Holocaust |
| Chlomo/Shlomo Wiesel | father of Elie; respected member of Jewish community of Sighet |
| Moshe the Beadle | teacher of Jewish Mysticism; tried to warn Jews of Sighet |
| Akiba Drumer | devout, religious Jew who loses his faith in God and dies; asked others to say the Kaddish for him but they forgot |
| Juliek | young musician who played the violin after the death march to Gleiwitz |
| Tibi and Yosi | two brothers who are friendly to Elie |
| Dr Mengele | the cruel doctor in charge of selection |
| Idek | the insanely crazy kapo who beat Elie severely when Elie caught him with a girl |
| Franek | the foreman at Buna who wanted Elie's gold tooth and beat his father until Elie gave it up |
| Rabbi Eliahou | Jewish prisoner whose son abandons him |
| Zalman | Jewish prisoner who is trampled to death when on the march to Gleiwitz |
| Meir Katz | saved Elie's life when someone tried to choke Elie in the cattle car to Buchenwald |
| Stein | Elie's relative from Antwerp who is trying to find his family; Elie lies to him about their safety |
| Tzipora | Elie's youngest sister |
| prejudice | An irrational hatred of a person, group, or race based upon a preconceived opinion or judgment. |
| Holocaust | The destruction of six million Jews in death camps during the years 1941-1945. |
| anti-semitism | Ill feeling or hatred towards the Jews. |
| genocide | The mass extermination of a very large group of people because of their nationality, race, or religion. |
| stereotype | A generalization of a person; a person who is regarded, not as an individual, but as a member of a group or nationality. |
