Describe, in order, the events that happened from the last day of Passover until Pentecost in Night.

During
Passover week, Jews gathered in private homes, especially those of the rabbis, because all the
synagogues had been closed. Rejoicing, as the Bible directed, did not come easy, because people
were so apprehensive. On the seventh day, the anticipated changes were put into effect as
Germans arrested Jewish leaders. Elie Weisel writes, "The race toward death had
begun." Jews were forbidden to leave their home for the next three days, and the following
day the Hungarian police conducted raids all down the street. As they were seizing valuables,
which Jews were now forbidden to keep, Elie's father buried their savings in the
basement.

At the end of the three days, the decree went into effect requiring
Jews to wear a yellow star. This caused consternation and much debate, and they wondered about
the consequences of disobeying. From that point, more and more decrees were quickly issued that
restricted them from traveling, patronizing cafes, or being in the street past 6:00
p.m.

The next significant phase was the establishment of ghettos into which
the Jews already living there were confined (and into which many who were living elsewhere were
forced to move to). Several relatives moved in with Elie's family. Their neighborhood was ringed
with barbed wire. The Jews formed a council and tried to consider their community as
self-governing. Elie describes theas generally positive: "We were living among Jews, among
brothers." They thought the ghettos would be permanent until the war's end.

By Pentecost, people had gotten used to the situation, but it changed again quickly. A
policeman came to summon Elie's father to a council meeting. While the family waited for him to
return from a very long meeting, his mother commented on having seen Gestapo on the streets,
whereas they usually stayed out of sight. After midnight, Elie's father returned with the worst
news: they were being deported. Removal would begin the next day. Elie as well as his father
went around the neighborhood, waking people up and telling them to pack and prepare for
travel.