Man's Search for Meaning | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

"Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 45)

1. Who narrates this story?

A concentration camp survivor.

2. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?

"How was everyday life in a prison camp reflected in the mind of the average person?"

3. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?

In small camps.

4. Who is this book most concerned with?

The "great army of unknown and unrecorded victims."

5. How does the author describe the Capos?

"Many Capos fared better in camp than they had in their entire lives."

6. How were the Capos chosen?

They were the prisoners who were seen as having a suitable character for the job.

7. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?

Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be...
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