| A | B |
|---|
| Akiba Drumer | Jewish prisoner-encourages faith & hope-died in gas chamber. |
| Red Army | Russian Army - advanced on Buna |
| Ghetto | Urban housing area - Jewish |
| Deportation | forced to leave |
| Selection | Evaluation of prisoners for work |
| Dr. Mengele | Nazi doctor evaluated Jews |
| A7713 | Elie's ID no. tattooed on his arm |
| Auschwitz | Concentration Camp |
| Kapo | German's in charge of prisoners |
| Idek | Gave Elie 25 lashes for seeing him with a girl. |
| Meir Katz | Stopped a man from strangling Elie |
| Meir | Fought for a piece of bread-died. |
| Dutchman | Oberkapo, forman, blew up electric station at Buna. |
| SS | Guards in concentration camps. |
| Gallows | Constructed to hang prisoners. |
| Pipel | Dutchman's servant -hung 30 min. to die |
| Chlomo Wiesel | Elie's father and a prisoner |
| Tzipora Wiesel | Elie's sister |
| Madame Shachter | Had visions of furnaces-beaten to quieten. |
| Moche the Beadle | Deported foreigner, taught Elie |
| Gold Crown | Elie had one and it was recorded. Forced to give away. |
| French Girl | Worked with Elie and later saw each other in Paris. |
| Rabbi Eliahou | Son left his because he fell behind. |
| Juliek | Played violin before he died. |
| Franek | Foreman, wanted Elie's crown to stop hitting Elie's dad. |
| Buna | 2nd camp for Elie, hung prisoners |
| Birkenau | Reception Center for Auschwitz |
| Beethoven | Juliek played his concerto on the violin |
| Aryan | Nazi's wanted to be the master race. |
| Final Solution | Anniliation of all Jews. |
| Gas Chamber | Used to kill Jews |
| Crematory | Furnace to burn bodies |
| Cabbala | Theories developed by Rabbis |
| Rosh Hashanah | Last day of Jewish year - holiday |
| Day of Atonement | Holiest Day-Yom Kippur |
| Kaddish | Jewish ritual -blessing over a cup of wine |
| Sighet | Small town in Transylvania-Elie's home |
| A piece of bread | Most valuable thing to prisoner |
| Buchenwald | Concentration camp -final place for Elie |
| Cattle Cars | Used to haul Jews-80 per car. |
