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Night by Elie Wiesel Character List: Page 1: Moshe the Beadle- man off all work at a Hasidic Synagogue; very poor, lived humbly, dreamy eyes, awkward as a clown, spoke little, used to sing or rather to chant Page 2: Elie’s father- cultured, unsentimental; concerned about other’s rather than his family, held to the greatest esteem in the community Hilda- first child born; Elie’s sister Béa- second born; Eli’s sister Eliezer (Elie)- introduced formally on page 3; narrator, third born and only son to the family Tzipora- forth born; sister of Elie Page 3: Elie- formally introduced here as the narrator Page 4: Moshe the Beadle- returns after himself and other jews from the town were taken away by the Hungarian Police and then crossed into Polish Territory Malka- a girl that took three days to die, after taken the Hungarian Police Hungarian Police- took the jews by train to a place where they dug there own graves and stood in front of them to be shot and left for dead Tobias- the town’s tailor, begged to be killed by the police before his sons Page 5: Elie’s Grandfather- came to celebrate the new year with this family and attend the services of the famous rabbi of Borshe Page