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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| durchdrehen | to panic, go crazy, lose control |
| eifersüchtig | jealous |
| das Geheimnis | secret, mystery |
| retten | to save, rescue |
| die Schiwa/Schiwe | shiva (seven-day period mourning with detailed instructions about conduct) |
| die Vergangenheit | past, background |
| verzeihen | to forgive |
| der Abschied | farewell, goodbye |
| die Adelsfamilie | nobility, noble family |
| die Ausreise | departure, exit |
| auswandern | to emigrate, leave a country |
| benachrichtigen | to inform, notify |
| demütigend | humiliating, mortifying |
| der Flügel | grand piano |
| der/die Geiger(in), die Geige | violinist/violin |
| die jüdische Gemeinde | Jewish congregation |
| das jüdische Wohlfahrtsamt | Jewisch welfare center, center for the social welfare and benefit of Jews |
| mager | gaunt, thin |
| das Mitgefühl | compassion, sympathy |
| die Schande | scandal, disgrace |
| sich scheiden lassen | to divorce |
| im Stich lassen | to let someone down or fail someone, to abandon |
| schützen | to protect, shelter |
| die Synagoge | synagogue |
| die Treue | loyalty, faithfulness |
| die Tugend | virtue, goodness |
| überzeugen | to convince, persuade |
| vernünftig | reasonable, rational, sensible, level-headed |
| sich versammeln | to convene, gather, congregate |
| der Zwangsarbeiter | forced laborer |
| abtransportieren | to remove, cart away, evacuate |
| die Arierin, der Arier | Aryan, people of non-Jewish Caucasian descent according to Nazi ideology |
| einseperren | to imprison, lock up, confine |
| die Geheime Staatspolizei (die Gestapo) | official secret police of Nazi Germany |
| der Hauptsturmführer | Nazi rank of the Schutzstaffel (SS) or "protective squadron" |
| die Mischehe | mixed marriage, intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews |
| das Reichssicherheitshauptamt | Reich security main office, subordinate organization of the SS |
| das Sammellager | detention camp, temporary holding for Jews before deportation |
| das Vernichtungslager | extermination camp where Jews and other victims were killed |