1.
The "Beadle" who tried to warn the Jews of Sighet about the Nazi threat.
2.
The name of Eliezer’s hometown.
3.
The branch of Jewish mysticism that Eliezer wishes to study.
4.
Two of these were created in Sighet to corral the Jewish population.
5.
Eliezer’s father’s name (often referred to as "the community's advisor").
6.
The color of the star the Jews were forced to wear.
7.
The region where Sighet was located during the 1940s.
8.
The type of cars used to deport the Jews from the ghetto.
9.
The type of party that took power in Budapest, signaling the end of safety.
10.
The destination Eliezer begged his father to move the family to before it was too late.
11.
The German secret police who took over the deportation process.
12.
The former maid who offered the Wiesel family a safe house to hide in.
13.
The various restrictive laws and decrees issued by the Nazis (like the ban on owning gold or jewelry) that slowly stripped the Jews of their rights.
14.
Also known as tefillin; Elie mentions using these for prayer, highlighting his devotion before his world was turned upside down.
15.
The English name for the holiday of Shavuot; it was on this day that the final deportation of the Jews from the "large" ghetto began.
16.
The region where Moishe the Beadle was initially deported to and where he witnessed the mass shootings in the forest.
17.
The chilling term used to describe the final clearing and closing of the ghettos as the inhabitants were sent to camps.
