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the process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities |
dehumanization |
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Has an operation on his foot. |
Elie |
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He forces Elie to give up his gold tooth |
Franek |
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During he ten day train ride to Buchenwald, German citizens showed pity for the prisoners by giving them bread. True False |
False |
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The first camp the Jews of Sighet were evacuated to was Buna. True False |
False |
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What is Kaddish? |
The Jewish prayer over the dead |
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eliminate, typically by violent means; kill |
liquidate |
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hostility to or prejudice against Jews |
anti-semitism |
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a cruel tyrant |
oppressor |
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destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war |
Holocaust |
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The "strong man" who prevents Elie from being strangled on the train. |
Meir Katz |
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Plays a violin concerto as he slowly dies. |
Juliek |
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Whips Elie for seeing him with a naked girl. |
Idek |
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Hanged in front of the prisoners as an example. |
the pipel |
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a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party |
Nazi |
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the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps |
Final Solution |
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the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. |
gestapo |
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the medieval Holy Roman Empire, which lasted until 1806; the Nazi designation of Germany and its regime from 1933-45 |
Third Reich |
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A set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between an eternal and mysterious Creator and the mortal and finite universe |
Kabbalah |
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A collection of ancient Rabbinic writings consisting of the Mishnah and the Germara, constituting the basis of religious authority in orthodox Judaism |
Tal-mud |
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A historic account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources |
Memoir |
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A member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov and characterized by its emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual, strictness, religious zeal, and joy |
Hassidism |
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A deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation |
Genocide |
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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing |
Stereotype |
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Of or relating to the Jewish Hasidism or its members or their beliefs and practices |
Hasidic |
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience |
Prejudice |
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A person or group who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency |
Scapegoat |
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The process of adapting, adjusting to, or being absorbed into the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted |
Assimilation |
