Block 17 (as described in "Night")
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Block 17 is the overcrowded, disease-ridden prisoners’ barracks in Elie Wiesel’s memoir "Night," where he and other inmates are housed while forced to work at the Buna labor camp.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Block 17 | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concentration camp barracks
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fictional location ⓘ prisoners’ barracks ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Night ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Buna factory work
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dehumanization ⓘ disease ⓘ exhaustion ⓘ forced labor ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| authorOfSource | Elie Wiesel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
disease-ridden
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filthy ⓘ overcrowded ⓘ unsanitary ⓘ |
| countryContext | Nazi-occupied Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Night ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfSource | 1956 ⓘ |
| genreContext | Holocaust memoir ⓘ |
| guardsLanguage | German ⓘ |
| housed |
Eliezer
NERFINISHED
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Jewish prisoners ⓘ Shlomo Wiesel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | men ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| linkedTheme |
brutality of camp life
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family separation risk ⓘ human endurance ⓘ loss of faith ⓘ oppression ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Buna labor camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveOfSource | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Auschwitz complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
inhumane living conditions in Nazi camps
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loss of dignity ⓘ suffering of Holocaust prisoners ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor | housing forced laborers ⓘ |
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