Book Report On The Swastika By Elie Wiesel

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Moshe is a Jew, he is very awkward, poor, he doesn’t talk much but sings, very spiritual, and the community likes him. At the end of 1941, Eliezer is 12 years old. Eliezer has 3 sisters and is the only boy, his dad is old, very traditional, not very emotional, and is concerned about the Jewish community. After Moshe came back he was not as spiritual, he was depressed, and he had no emotions. Moshe was not talking about actual death he was talking about his spiritual death. Eliezer’s father does not request permits to Palestine because he is too old to move. The Swastika is viewed as the “death’s head”. Eliezer’s father had to tell the people of the ghetto communities that they are being transported. Eliezer describes the ghetto as an empty

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