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Elie Wiesel is born
He was born in Sighet, Romania. -
Elie meets Moishe the Beadle
Elie is now 13, he has just met Moishe the Beadle who will tell him things to come. Moishe experiences the tuff things that Elie has to go through. This is a picture that could be considered as taking the people away, Moishe served almost as Elie's teacher or mentor. -
Moishe tells of great danger approaching
Moishe tells the Jews of great danger. The people do not believe him, but later in the story they realize that infact he was telling the truth. -
German troops enter the Town of Sighet
This is the time when the Germans entered the city and started to make their own rules. This is when they began to sent Jews into ghettos. -
He arrives in Auschwitz
This is when the Jewish people were forced from the Ghettos to a train that took them to the concentration camp Auschwitz. The were greeted by huge flames and many people going to the crematory. This is the major first act of how cruel we see the German people to be. -
Elie's father is slapped in front of him.
Elie's father is slapped in front of him and he does nothing. This explains the major character change from the original Elie to what he has become now. -
Elie arrives in the camp of Buna
This is when Elie's camp work really starts and we read what it was actually like ing the camps. -
Elie is whipped by his Kommando
Elie is whipped and this in my mind was a major moment yet again showing the cruelty of the camp. Elie is not allowed to tell what he saw whiile in the camp. -
The bombing of the Buna factory
This was extremely important when the factroy was bombed. This left soup out and it showed the temptation for hunger and fear. No one left the block except for one person who was shot down. This proved fear was greater than hunger. -
The hanging of the Pipel
The beloved pipel is hanged after weapons are found in the camp. People are shocked. This brings people to ask where is god and really question their faith. -
Rosh Hashanah
Elie questions god in this part of the book. He wonders why he would let something like this happen. At this point he doesn't now if he should eat or not. -
Elie fathers name is written down
This is the first time that Elie realizes that he could lose his father. This happens during one of the selections getting rid of the weak inmates. -
The Veteran inmates tell their stories
Elie is horrified that the men stories of the worse time before him. -
While traveling between camps
Elie realizes the extent of his weakness and just how close he and others are to death. -
The Rabbi finds his dead son
Rabbi finds his dead son and Elie thinks that there is no god. He is distrought to think that the Rabbi's son did not want to be with his father anymore. -
Juliek playing violin
Juliek is playing violin in the dead silence. This was a major turning point showing how great the break in the silence was in the grave moment.. -
Eating snow off each other
This is when the Jewish people ate snow off each other to quench their thirst. This shows just how great the Jewish people's thirst was and what they had to do to stay alive. -
Elie's father is dead
This is when he wakes up to his father being dead. It was a major turning point in the story and one of the saddest. -
Elie is freed
This was the end to all of his suffering, Elie had survived. -
Elie receives the Nobel Peace Prize
Elie receives the Nobel Peace Prize and all of his experiences are known worldwide.
