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Achtung "attention" in German. Preceded important announcements in the camp.
Aryan Non-Jewish fair skinned blonde blue eyes, nordic,, the idea race for hitler
Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Poland during WW2. Second camp elie and his father are at.
Beadle A minor parish officer
Cabbala A medieval system of interpreting scripture marked by mysticism.
Hasidic Means "piety". A branch of judaism that follows the Cabbala
Kaddish A prayer recited by those who mourn the dead.
Kapo German term for guards chosen from the population of the prisoners. .
Lagerkapo A kapo who was in charge of the whole camp.
Oberkapo in charge of a certain area of the camp- ranks between a kapo and a lagerkapo.
Pipel A young boy "assistant" who maintains special privileges.
Red Army Army of the Russian Soviet Republic
Rosh Hashanna A 2 day Jewish holiday that celebrates the creation of the world
Synagogue A Jewish place of worship
Yom Kippur The holiest Jewish holiday that asks for forgiveness of wrongdoing from God
Zionism Movement to establish a jewish state in palestine
Gestapo Secret police of Nazi Germany
Third Reich name given to hitlers regime from 1933-1945 which hitler himself believed would last for a thousand years.
Fuhrer Title given to Adolf Hitler, meaning "leader" or "guide" in german.
Anti-Semitism A negative perception of Jewish people and Judaism
Genocide A crime intended to severely damage a nation, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people
Ghetto A Jewish quarter in a city, walled of, consists of only jewish people
Gypsies nomadic people of indian descent targeted for extermination by the nazis
Holocaust name given to the state-sponsored systematic extermination of the european jews.
Sighet, Romania elie's hometown in romania
Nazi acronym for the National Socialist German Workers Party
SS black uniformed elite corps of German soldiers known for their ruthlessness.
Talmud Central text of Rabbinic Judaism
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