Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapters I through IV Abstract

* As Chapter 1, "8 Horses--Or 96 Men, Women, and Children," began, it was 1944 and Olga (the author) and Miklos Lengyel were living and working in Cluj, the capital of Transylvania.
* They had heard reports of the atrocities being carried out by the Germans; Olga says that...
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