The young assistant of a Kapo is arrested along with the Kapo and two other prisoners after a power station in Buna blows up. On the fourth day the overseers of the units select the prisoners as if they are cattle or merchandise. In Paris ignored by Julien Isabelle reveals to her friend Christophe that she wants to be a war hero.Ĭlinging to his fathers arm amid the commotion. The Kapo is tortured and sent to Auschwitz.Īt Buna the new arrivals learn from the veteran prisoners that the camp is bearable. The commandos were somewhat nicer and they were given a blanket washbowl and bar of soap.
They are told Buna is a good camp and to avoid the construction unit. The leader of the camp and the head of Eliezers tent both take a special interest in children and give them extra food. Upon arriving at Birkenau the reception center for Auschwitz the SS immediately segregate the deportees by gender. Chapter 4 The camp looked as though it had suffered an epidemic. It is a chaotic scene and Eliezer and his father are separated from Eliezers mother and sisters not realizing they will never see each other again.Įliezers mother has a feeling something bad is going to happen. Eliezer and his father were assigned to labor in a warehouse of electrical materials where they had to count and sort bolts bulbs and other various small electrical parts into groups. She is sent back to Paris to live with her father Julien the very person who sent her to the school to be rid of her.Įliezer explains that children are traded among homosexuals at the camp. Buna was an alternative concentration camp for Auschwitz. The time period of this book is 1941- 1945.Ĭonditions were better here. A little while later Elie is summoned to have his gold crown removed by the. Neighbors gather at the house to wait.Īt Buna the new camp which is virtually deserted Elie and his father undergo the usual shower new clothes and waiting period. For three days the new prisoners are quarantined. Gerta is now 12 years old.ĭespite warnings about German intentions towards Jews Eliezers family and the other Jews in the small Transylvanian town of Sighet now in modern-day Romania fail to flee the country when they have a chance. Eliezer was told that Buna was a better camp. Veterans warn them to avoid the building unit. This Study Guide consists of approximately 24 pages of chapter summaries quotes character analysis themes and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Night. Eighteen-year-old Isabelle is expelled from a French girls school for talking back to her teachers.
When Franek the prison foreman notices Eliezers gold crown he demands it. Night By Elie Wiesel Novel Study Literature Guide Flip Book Night By Elie Wiesel Flip Book Novel Studies Eliezer studies the Torah the first five books of the Old Testament and the Cabbala a doctrine of Jewish mysticism. Chapter 4 Summary After the mandatory quarantine period and medical checks Eliezer is assigned to a prisoners unit with a job to count electrical fittings in a warehouse.