Night – Notebook
Chapter 6/7
Timeline
 May 1944 – train for 3? Days – arrival @ Birkenau –
transferred to Auschwitz – Block 17 – few weeks – taken to
Buna
 Summer 44 – working at Buna, Idek incident, bombing,
hangings
 Fall Winter/1944 – Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur),
Selection, Surgery, Evacuation
 January 1945 – Death March to Gleiwitz (~13 miles 1st night,
~42 miles total), 3 days w/o food, water, then train to
Buchenwald (4? Days)
Character list
Ch 5 – New Blockalteste (construction) – German Jew w/
piercing eyes
Ch 5 – Hungarian Jew – Eliezer’s neighbor in the infirmary
Ch 6 – Zalman – young boy who dies during death march
Ch 6 – Rabbi Eliahu – son abandons him during march
Ch 6 – Juliek – plays violin until death
Ch 7 – Old man and son fighting over bread
Ch 7 – Meir Katz – gardner/friend – doesn’t survive train
Discussion Questions
 1. “I shall always remember that smile. Where in the world
did it come from?” (p. 90) Where do you think the smile came
from?
 2. What horrible realization did Elie come to concerning
Rabbi Eliahou and his son?
 3. What was Juliek’s last act? Why did he do it?
 4. What is the physical condition of Elie and his father after
covering more than 42 miles by foot?
 5. How did Elie help his father when the selection was made?
How did Elie again help his father when they were on the
train?
 6. How many got out of the wagon? Where had they arrived?