Night Characters

Eliezer (Elie)

A young Jewish boy and the main character of the novel

Shlomo

Elie's father

Moshe the Beadle

Elie's religion teacher

Tzipora

Elie's youngest sister

Bea

Elie's middle sister

Hilda

Elie's oldest sister

Madame Schachter

A Jewish deportee who screams prophecies on the train

Dr. Josef Mengele

The doctor called the Angel of Death because of his selections

Idek

Elie's Kapo in the Buna concentration camp