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Moishe The Beadle Warns The Jews In Sighet
Moishe the Beadle (Teacher in Kabbalah mysticism) escapes the work camps and return to warn the jews about the Nazis. No one listens and they think he's gone mad. Page 6-7. -
The Nazis Take Over Sighet
Moishe the Beadle was right. The Germans arrived and immediately everyone went into a panic. But when they arrived they actually stayed for some time. Sometimes even in Jewish homes. They were actually quite polite. Page 8-9. -
The Jews Are Deported
It seems that the nazis normal behavior turned out to be abnormal. They were crammed in cattle cars with 80 people to a car. They didn't even have enough room for everyone to sit done. By the time they arrived in Auschwitz some people like Madam Schäcter had gone mad. Page 22-23. -
Elie Arrives In Auschwitz
After a long cattle car ride and being separated from his family in Birkenau Elie finally arrives in Auschwitz. Page 28-29. -
Idek Punishes Elie
After Elie catching his kapo (Boss of the work camp blocks) in an embarrassing situation, Idek whips him 25 times across the stomach in public. And changes him to a different, harsher block. Page 57 -
The Death March
They are forced out of the camp and to march in the freezing winter. Many Died. For kilometers, these people marched for their lives. If you stopped, you would be shot. If you fell, you would be trampled. The conditions were horrible and the actual reason for moving them was that the red army (soviet army) was approaching and the Nazis didn't want the jews to be liberated. As for the Germans, they got to sit on motorcycles and ride along. Page 84-85. -
Elie Is On His Own
After Elie and his dad arrive in Geiwitz and then later finish the march in Buchenwald, they finally can rest. But Elie's father is in bad condition. He can't even get up to go to the washroom. Elie does everything he can to help him, like giving extra rations and getting him water but its too late. His father was later beaten to death in his sleep. Page 111-112. -
Buchenwald Is Liberated
The red army finally caught up to the Nazis and liberated Buchenwald. Only three months after Elie's father died. -
The Book Night Is Published
Elie retells the horrors he experienced in his newly published memoir, Night. -
Elie Wiesel Wins The Nobel Peace Prize
Many years after the event Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize for retelling the true horrors of the Nazi concentration camps.
