Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Inside Auschwitz

http://www.oprah.com/world/Inside-Auschwitz/1

Click on the above link to answer the following questions:

1. Up to how many people were packed into a single rail car?
2. Upon arrival, what was the concentration camp's systematic process of determining who would live and who would die called?
3. Approximately how long did death take inside the gas chamber?
4. The average life span for prisoners NOT sentenced to the gas chambers was how long?
5. Who did Elie stay alive for?
6. The inscription on the entrance gate to Auschwitz translates to what?
7. Who was the sadistic doctor who performed medical experiments on the prisoners, and what was his nickname?
8. According to the photo captions, what was one purpose for shaving the prisoner's hair?
9. What did the suitcases symbolize to the outside world?
10. Find and list an example of personification.
11. Find and list an example of irony.

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