Elie Wiesel Characters

Elie Wiesel

main character; survived holocaust

Shlomo

Elies dad

Moishe the Beadle

town's homeless man; he was expelled from Sighet and returned to warn everyone abt the Nazi’s

Who was crazy that nobody believed?

Moishe the beadle

Bea

Elie's older sister

Hilda

Elie's older sister

Tzipora

Elie's younger sister

Mrs. Schächter

train “fire” foreshadower

Juliek

one of the musicians (violinist) at Auschwitz

Idek

in charge of the work in the factory; he had fits of anger; he beat up both Elie and Elie's dad

The French woman

in the factory, she cared for Elie after his beating. They met years later.

Franek

Polish guy who beat Elies dad until Elie gave his gold tooth

Young pipel

Young person hung in front of camp

Yossi

Elies new friend in Buna

The Dentist

stealing gold teeth / cheating Nazi - caught & killed

Rabbi Eliahou

he lost his son on a run - on purpose?

Dr. Mengele

the one who “selected” Jews