Where has Elie been assigned to work?
Eliezer and his dad are assigned to work in a warehouse for electrical equipment. Idek is their "Kapo," or work leader. They learn that Idek is a little crazy and it's best to stay out of his way.
What was Elie's job in the camp?
What is Elie's job in the camp? He works in the camp kitchen making soup.
What Kommando is Elie assigned to?
Idek is the Kapo of Eliezer the narrator's Kommando, or work squad, at Buna, the concentration camp that was part of Auschwitz in Poland. Idek is overall not too terrible to have in charge, but he is prone to fits of madness and extreme, violent anger.
What job is Elie given at Buna?
What was Elie's job at Buna? He worked in the electrical room and counted bolts and screws. What did Yossi, Tibi, and Elie plan to do after the liberation?
What was Elie's new job in night?
Eliezer is no longer in the same block as his father because he was transferred to the construction Kommando—that's the bad job where you haul huge stones around.
How many times was Elie whipped?
Idek whipped Elie 25 times. A prisoner was shot during an Allied air raid on the prison camp for trying to steal soup that had been left unattended. Even though Elie and the other prisoners might have been killed by the Allied bombs, to the prisoners, it signaled the beginning of the end of the war.
What is a Kommando in night?
• Kapos: prisoners in Nazi concentration camps assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out. administrative tasks in the camp. • Kommandos: the basic unit of organization of slave laborers in German concentration camps.
Why did Elie get called to the dentist?
Not long after Eliezer and his father arrive in Buna, Eliezer is summoned to the dentist to have his gold crown pulled. He manages to plead illness and postpone having the crown removed. Soon after, the dentist is condemned to hanging for illegally trading in gold teeth.
What does Lagerkapo mean?
Lagerkapo (lah guhr kah poh) German for "head of camp." lavatory a toilet.
Who bombed the Buna camp?
Who bombs the camp at Buna? The Americans bomb the camp at Buna with planes, lasting for over an hour. Why is the pipel hanged? The pipel was hanged because they had found him to be possessing weapons that he was not aloud to have and they had condemned him to die.
Who has authority at Buna in night?
Eliezer remains in a camp located in Buna with his father on the musicians' block run by a sweet Jewish man. The two work in a warehouse under the power of Idek, an irrational and unpredictable foreman, where Elie is responsible for counting electrical parts.
Where does Elie and his father work in Buna?
Once in Buna, where do Eliezer and his father work? They work in the warehouse for electrical equipment.
What did Elie do in night?
He spends a great deal of time in school, learning about his Jewish faith, and then spends even more time in the evenings learning about Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism. This Eliezer is boyish and, again, naive.
What was Elie's first impression of Auschwitz?
What was Eli's first impression of Auschwitz after leaving Birkenau? He felt that Auschwitz was better than Birkenau.
Why is Elie whipped 25 times?
Elie gets whipped by Idek because he was spying on him and Elie found the little Polish girl that Idek was having sex with. Idek saw Elie spying on him and he was very angry and told Elie that he would pay for his actions later. Idek called Elie up in front of everyone and whipped him 25 times.
Who works in Elie's group?
In their group, Elie makes friends with two Czech brothers, Yossi and Tibi. They talk of going to Palestine together if they survive the camps. The foreman of the group is a former student from Warsaw named Franek.