![]() ![]() In exchange for Elie's fabricated news, the exuberant Stein returns with half rations of bread. He asks for news of Reizel and their boys, who emigrated to Belgium. Stein of Antwerp A shrunken, bespectacled fellow, Stein introduces himself to Elie's father on the sixth day at Auschwitz. Tzipora Wiesel A miniature vision of stoicism during the march to the cattle car, Elie's seven-year-old sister wears a red coat and struggles without complaint under the heavy load she must carry.īatya Reich A relative who lives with the Wiesels in the larger ghetto, Batya hears ominous knocking on a window overlooking the street. Hilda Wiesel As she nears the time of betrothal, Elie's oldest sister works in the family store.īeatrice "Béa" Wiesel The second child of the Wiesels, Béa also assists in the family grocery store. In Elie's last view of her, she is stroking Tzipora's hair in a reassuring gesture. As the family marches from the large ghetto, her face is expressionless. Wiesel Elie's mother remains silent and casts questioning looks at her family as she cooks food for the departure from their Sighet home. Elie assumes that his father does not want to witness the murder of his only son. At the Birkenau ditch where infants are burned, he wishes that Elie had gone with his mother. ![]() His dedication to others is evident in his accompaniment of the first convoy of deportees to the gates of the ghetto. At the end of his incarceration, an emaciated, demoralized Elie bears little resemblance to the teenage boy who left Sighet.Ĭhlomo Wiesel An esteemed grocer, adviser, and religious leader in the village of Sighet, Chlomo is cultured, but realistic. He redeems himself by multiple acts of kindness, such as giving up his gold dental crown to spare his father torment for marching out of step. At Auschwitz's Block 17, he berates himself for being a spoiled child and rejecting his first plate of prison soup. Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel An introspective teenager, Elie first begins to hate when Hungarian police strike out with billy clubs and force Jews from their homes. ![]()
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