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Mrs. SchacterMrs. Schacter

Identify the Identify the foreshadowing in foreshadowing in Chapter 2.Chapter 2.

1. Describe the 1. Describe the conditions in the train conditions in the train that took Elie and his that took Elie and his family away from family away from Sighet.Sighet.

2. Who was Mrs. 2. Who was Mrs. Schacter?Schacter?

3. What do you 3. What do you imagine her young son imagine her young son was thinking and was thinking and feeling during this feeling during this train ride?train ride?

4. Was Mrs. Schacter 4. Was Mrs. Schacter crazy? Explain your crazy? Explain your answer.answer.

5. How did the other 5. How did the other prisoners react to her prisoners react to her screams? Why did they screams? Why did they react this way?react this way?

6. What did the 6. What did the prisoners see when prisoners see when they arrived at they arrived at Birkenau?Birkenau?

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Birkenau – Auschwitz IIBirkenau – Auschwitz II

1. 1. What occupied the What occupied the grounds that became the grounds that became the Auschwitz concentration Auschwitz concentration camps in the years before camps in the years before Nazis came to power?Nazis came to power?

Several Polish villages used to be on the site. The residents were all moved away to allow for the construction of the camp’s buildings.

2. Find a picture of the 2. Find a picture of the front entrance to front entrance to Birkenau. What do you Birkenau. What do you see?see?

“Gate of Death”

3. Locate a map of the 3. Locate a map of the camp, and sketch its camp, and sketch its key features on a piece key features on a piece of paper.of paper.

- 4 crematoria-Barracks for men and women-Outdoor areas

4. Examine photos of the 4. Examine photos of the boundaries, the barracks, boundaries, the barracks, and other specific features and other specific features of Auschwitz II. What do of Auschwitz II. What do you see?you see?