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Night Characters

The document provides character descriptions from the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The main characters are Elie, the narrator, his father Shlomo, and Moshe the Beadle. Other major characters include Dr. Mengele, the young pipel who dies on the gallows, and Idek the Kapo who beats Elie and his father. Many minor characters are also described such as Elie's mother and sisters, fellow prisoners, and overseers they encounter in the concentration camps.

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Night Characters

The document provides character descriptions from the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The main characters are Elie, the narrator, his father Shlomo, and Moshe the Beadle. Other major characters include Dr. Mengele, the young pipel who dies on the gallows, and Idek the Kapo who beats Elie and his father. Many minor characters are also described such as Elie's mother and sisters, fellow prisoners, and overseers they encounter in the concentration camps.

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Night Characters

Elie (Eliezer): ​The ​main character ​and narrator of the story, Elie is
fifteen years old when he is taken to the Nazi concentration camps.

Elie's father (Shlomo): ​A storeowner and a well-respected ​Jewish


community leader in Sighet before the ​deportation​ of the Jews.

Moshe the Beadle: ​A poor Jewish mystic in the town of Sighet who
becomes Elie's spiritual mentor and friend. Escapes death, but no one
listens to his stories

Dr. Mengele:​ SS Doctor. He decides who lives to work another day


and who is sent to their deaths at the crematory.

young pipel: ​ He is sentenced to death for being involved in sabotage.


He struggles on the gallows for more than half an hour before he dies.
Elie is deeply affected by witnessing the boy's death.

Minor Characters

Elie's mother: ​Separated from Elie and her husband at Birkenau. she
and Elie's younger sister, Tzipora, die in the crematory at Birkenau.

Hilda and Bea: ​Elie's older sisters, they survive the camps.

Tzipora: ​Elie's younger sister. She dies, along with Elie's mother at
Birkenau.

Madame Schachter: ​ On the ​train ride​ to Auschwitz, she starts to lose


her mind. She constantly warns the passengers of the fire, flame, and
furnace.

Stein of Antwerp: ​A relative of the Wiesels, he questions Elie's father


about the whereabouts of his wife and two little boys..

Akiba Drumer: ​A fellow prisoner with a deep solemn voice, he sings


Hasidic melodies at Birkenau. As time passes, he loses faith

Juliek: ​A bespectacled Polish Jew, he is a violinist in the orchestra at


Buna.

Idek the Kapo: ​An overseer at Buna, he is described as having fits of


madness. He beats Elie and his father on different occasions

Yossi and ​Tibi​: ​Two Czech brothers whose parents are exterminated at
Birkenau. They become friends with Elie at Buna.

Franek: ​A Pole and former student from Warsaw, he is the foreman at


Buna. He forces Elie to give up the gold crown on his tooth by
tormenting Elie's father.

French girl (Jewess): ​A girl with whom Elie works next to at a


warehouse at Buna. When Elie is beaten by Idek the Kapo, the French
girl helps him and tells him to keep his anger for another day.

Dutch Oberakpo: ​A kind and beloved overseer at Buna, he is accused of


sabotage and stocking arms. He is transferred to Auschwitz and never
seen again.

rabbi from Poland: ​Like Akiba Drumer, a person who loses his faith
while in the camps.

Zalman: ​A Polish lad, who works with Elie at the electrical warehouse at
Buna, he falls behind during the winter march to Gleiwitz. Elie believes
the other prisoners trampled Zalman.

Rabbi Eliahou: ​A rabbi of a small Polish community, he is described as


beloved by everyone in the camp, including the Kapos. As he goes
around looking for his son, Elie remembers how he had seen the
rabbi's son abandon him during the winter march.

Meir : ​On the winter transfer to Buchenwald, he kills his father over a
morsel of bread. After he snatches the bread from his father, he
himself is killed by other men.

Meir Katz: ​A friend of Elie's father, he is one of the strongest in the


camp. Elie's father calls for Meir's help when Elie is choked during the
night.

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