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main character; first person point-of-view (narrator); A.K.A. “Jack”; young boy who survived 10 concentration camps; Mina & Oskar’s son
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Yanek’s Mama; Oskar’s wife
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8th Grade Reading
Prisoner B-3087 Chapters Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| main character; first person point-of-view (narrator); A.K.A. “Jack”; young boy who survived 10 concentration camps; Mina & Oskar’s son | Yanek |
| Yanek’s Mama; Oskar’s wife | Mina |
| Yanek’s Papa; Mina’s husband | Oskar |
| Aunt who watched Yanek’s homemade movie-slide projector show; Moshe’s wife | Gilzela |
| Uncle who watched Yanek’s homemade movie-slide projector show; Gilzela’s husband | Moshe |
| Aunt who owns a bakery with her husband Abraham | Fela |
| Uncle who owns a bakery with his wife Fele | Abraham |
| a family of three who lived with Yanek’s family in the Krakow Ghetto; first family to live with Yanek’s family | The Laskis |
| Laskis seven year old son | Aron |
| Second family who lived with Yanek’s family in the Krakow Ghetto | The Rosenblums |
| The Rosenblums’s daughters who complained and cried a lot. (There were two daughters) | The Girls |
| The third family who lived with Yanek’s family in the Krakow Ghetto. | The Brotmans |
| The neighbor lady across the hall who always yelled at Yanek for bouncing a ball in the hallway of their apartment building in the Krakow Ghetto | Mrs. Immerglick |
| The person who loots the Immerglick’s apartment into Krakow Ghetto; neighbor in apartment building. | Mr. Tatarka |
| A council representing a Jewish Community especially German occupied territory during WWII; Jews the Nazis put in charge of the ghettos. | Judenrats |
| making quieter or less distinct | muffling |
| not having been walked on | untrodden |
| a fixed amount of commodity allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in war time | ration |
| delicious; people extremely beautiful or attractive | delectable |
| a person primarily concerned with making money | mercenary |
| being settled (not having a permanent residence/home) in a different place | resettlement |
| to send out of the country by authority from a state or country (government) | deported |
| a sudden, brief, sharp pain or spasm | pang |
| a contrast (difference) between what is expected and what actually happens [contrast between appearance and reality] | irony |
| when what happens is the opposite of what you think will happen [ex: dog and cat getting along] | situational irony |
| when you say the opposite of what you mean (can create a humorous effect for the reader) [ex: sarcasm - When it's raining you say fantastic but your face tells the opposite] | verbal irony |
| when the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not (creates tension and suspense) [ex: scary movies] | dramatic irony |
| a fixed minimum or maximum number of a particular group of people allowed. | quota |
| the religious initiation ceremony of a Jewish boy who has reached the age of thirteen and is to take part with public worship. | Bar Mitzvah |
| any large, plain building in which many people are housed. | barracks |
| to run through or over; flowed | coursed |
| to remove or tip (the hat) as a greeting or token of respect. | doffing |
| a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful | taint |
| a person who buys or sells fur or one who makes, repairs, or cleans furs or garments; a fur dealer or fur dresser | furrier |
| a passage into which several rooms or apartments open; hallway. | corridor |
| a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise. | kapo |
| refers to inmates who were on the verge of death from starvation, exhaustion, and despair, (if one reached this stage - they were not going to survive much longer.) | Muselmann |
| boys who hid under the floorboards in the Plaszow concentration camp | Thomas & Isaac |
| cruel commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp. He would attack his dogs on the prisoners of the camp. | Amon Goeth |
| known as the “angel of death” at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Conducted cruel experiments on people. | Dr. Josef Mengele |
| commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp; husband of Isle Koch. The person who came up with the idea of a zoo in the camp. | Karl Koch |
| Karl Koch’s wife; known as the “Witch of Buchenwald” due to her cruelty. | Isle Koch |
| a kapo who did not like Yanek; he would beat the main character. He later gives Yanek bread during a death march. | Moonface |
| a friend to Yanek who unfortunately became sick, was too weak to work, and perished at Auschwitz concentration camp. | Fred |
| military equipment and stores | munitions |
| a person who supervises; manager | overseer(s) |
| a toilet or something used as a toilet | latrines |
| a place of shelter, protection, or safety | refuge |
| to prick or drive; to prod | goad |
| a guard who stands on watch | sentinels |
| a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful; a trace of infection or contamination | taint |
| a tall pyramidal roof-like structure – generally on a church | spire |
| a maze | labyrinth |
| to be sarcastic, insulting, or mocking | taunt |
| to heave; to hoist | hefted |
| humbly patient; quiet manner | meekly |
| an act or instance; shameless boldness | effrontery |
| a place that is large and deep that rock or stone come from | quarry |
| make an abrupt, sudden, unsteady, uncontrollable movement | lurched |
| pushed or pulled form the main line to a siding from one track to another (this word deals with a train or train parts) | shunted |
| a poster or sign for public display | placard |
| without having been commanded or invited | unbidden |
| cancel or postpone the punishment | reprieve |
| scornfully in a mocking way; to make fun of someone in a cruel way | scoffed |
| plural form of lice (small, wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds) | louse |
| having lost one sense of direction; confused and unable to think clearly | disoriented |
| pertaining to producing a force of electricity | voltage |
| barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; meager; not large | scant |
| to entertain by singing; a performance of vocal or instrumental music | serenading |
| to take pleasure in; like; enjoy | relish |
| cafeteria at a military base; A place where free entertainment is provided for military personnel | canteen |
| warm-hearted; genuine; wholehearted; plentiful | hearty |
| to eat in great quantities, especially excessively | scarfed |
| a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch | splotched |
| to stop; to dam up; to plug | stem |
| general external appearance; aspect; semblance (a likeness) | guises |
| extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture. | gaunt |
| lacking kindness, compassion, or sympathy for people or animals. | inhumane |
| scolded; criticized | berated |
| having little or no meaning; making little or no sense. | nonsensical |
| a state of unconsciousness; mental dullness | stupor |
| having been beaten with a whip, stick, etc. | flogged |
| a deep, immeasurable space or cavity; vast chasm | abyss |
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