- Like a dead factory
- Throwing babies into the flames
- Stripped and uniformed - different sizes
- Shaved heads
- prisoners running around
- food rationed -- soup bread
- Families being separated
- memories burned in minds
2. Dehumanization is the process of reducing the worth of a human by making one feel inferior or less than human. Explain what steps the Nazis went through to dehumanize the prisoners at the camp.
- Take away possessions
- wear yellow stars
- removed from household
- tattooed numbers onto bodies
- shaved bodies/removed clothing and given a shower
- made prisoners run - overcome by fatigue/lose sanity = brainwashing
- don't call people by their names
3. Stein of Antwerp is a pivotal point in this chapter. Who was this man? Why is this character and event a significant part of this chapter? (pages 43-45)
- Family friend
- wanted to know about his family
- Elie lies and says family is OK
- He finds out that his family didn't survive - Stein dies
