Night characters
The narrator of the book, whose name is Eliezer had a troublesome destiny. When he was 14 years old, he was taken to the concentration camps in Czechoslovakia and Germany. Since childhood he lived in Transylvania, he was interested in the religious faith which increased while he was in...
Who is he? He is a poor, humble man who works at the Hasidic synagogue in Sighet. Moishe is a person who is likable. Almost every person in the towns adores him. He is one of the good characters as he helps Eliezer to study the cabbala, and he teaches him that it is more important to ask God the...
So, if saying briefly, Eliezer's father is very respected within the Jewish community of his hometown. He is a member of the Jewish Council, which is the first group to hear about deportation. He refuses to escape the country. In the concentration camps, he and Eliezer take care of one another...
Mrs. Schächter, like Moishe, is another good and kind character. She is a middle-aged woman. She wasn’t guilty of anything, but who cares? She goes crazy after she’s separated from her husband and packed into a cattle car headed to Auschwitz. Throughout the long nights in the train...
Idek is in charge of Eliezer’s work unit at Buna. He has the reputation of occasionally going crazy, but the unit he’s in charge of is considered a good one to work in because the labor is light. Once, when Idek gets in one of his crazy moods, he beats Eliezer for no reason. Later...
Stein is Eliezer’s cousin by marriage. He doesn’t want much – just something about his family. Eliezer needs to lie to him that his wife (Reizel) and children are fine. Why? It helped Stein to find the strength to live. Later we don’t know for sure what happened to him, but...
Franek is Eliezer’s foreman at Buna. He is very selfish, greedy, he wants to exploit others. He is an unpleasant character in the book. Also, we find out that he wants Eliezer’s gold crown and does everything to get it! Strange, how people can low down themselves having strong desires...
Rabbi Eliahu is the rabbi of a small Polish community, beloved and kind. During the period when he appears, he retains his holiness, despite his time in the concentration camps. We see him, and even a little bit pity. Why is that? Because his son has a very bad behavior to his dad. What is the...
Juliek is a young man from Warsaw who played the violin in the Buna band, which is where Eliezer met him for the first time. Later he is transported with Eliezer to Buchenwald, but he dies in the barracks at Gleiwitz. The night he dies, he plays his violin. Keep in mind that he is playing...