| A | B |
|---|
| DEHUMANIZATION | TREATING SOMEONE AS IF THEY ARE DISPENSABLE, NOT HUMAN |
| MOSHE THE BEADLE | FORIEGN-BORN JEW |
| SIGHET GHETTO | PLACE JEWS WERE FORCED TO LIVE CROWDED TOGETHER |
| PIPEL | YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL CHILD |
| SELECTION | CHOOSING THE PRISONERS FOR IMMEDIATE EXECUTION |
| CATTLE CARS | TRAIN CARS USED TO TRANSPORT PRISONERS IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS |
| KAPO | PRISONER PUT IN CHARGE OF OTHER PRISONERS |
| CHLOMO | ELIE'S DAD |
| FRANEK | KAPO WHO TAKES ELIE'S GOLD TOOTH |
| IDEK | WAREHOUSE KAPO WHO BEATS ELIE |
| RED ARMY | RUSSIAN [ALLIED] ARMY AGAINST THE NAZIS |
| RESISTANCE MOVEMENT | JEWISH PRISONERS WHO ATTEMPTED TO HIDE/GET WEAPONS AND FIGHT BACK |
| BUNA | PRELIMINARY, "WELCOME" CAMP BEFORE BIRKENAU |
| RELIEF | ELIE SECRETLY FEELS THIS WHEN HIS FATHER DIES |
| NIGHT | SYMBOLIC OF DEATH, PAIN, CONFUSION, HIDDEN EVIL, FEAR |
| YOM KIPPUR | JEWISH DAY OF ATONEMENT - MARKED BY FASTING |
| BREAD CRUSTS, COFFEE, THIN SOUP | THE DAILY FOOD RATION FOR ELIE AND OTHER PRISONERS |
| NUMBERS | REPLACED NAMES FOR ELIE AND OTHER PRISONERS |
| STEIN OF ANTWERP | RELATIVE OF ELIE'S WHO WANTS TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS HEARD FROM HIS WIFE AND FAMILY. ELIE LIES TO COMFORT HIM. |
| TZIPORA | EXECUTED WITH HER MOTHER ON THE DAY ELIE'S FAMILY ARRIVED AT THE CAMP |
| ELIE'S INHEIRITANCE | A KNIFE AND SPOON |
| DYSENTERY | DISEASE THAT KILLED ELIE'S FATHER |
| FASTING | EXPECTED OF OBSERVANT JEWS ON YOM KIPPUR |
