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25 Cards in this Set
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revolt
"'We've got to do something. We can't let ourselves be killed....We've got to revolt'" (23). |
to break away or rise against authority |
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sages
"'You must never lose faith, even when the sword hangs over your head. That's the teaching of our sages...." (23). |
profoundly wise people |
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notorious
"In the middle stood the notorious Dr. Mengele..." (23). |
infamous; widely and unfavorably known |
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paternal
"'How old are you? he asked, in a paternal tone of voice" (23). |
fatherly; characters of a father |
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Kaddish
"Someone began to recite the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead" (25). |
Jewish prayer for the dead |
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nocturnal
"Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live" (25). |
done or occurring at night |
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antechamber
"The antechamber of Hell must look like this" (26). |
a room that serves as a waiting room to a larger room |
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bestial
"So many crazed men, so many cries, so much bestial brutality!" (26). |
without reason; brutal; inhuman |
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Sonder-Kommando
"Those who were selected that day were enlisted in the Sonder-Kommando, the unit which worked in the crematories" (26). |
during WWII, a group of prisoners assigned to collect the belongings of and dispose of the bodies of the dead |
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lucidity
"In one ultimate moment of lucidity it seemed to me that we were damned souls wandering in the half-world..." (27). |
able to see things clearly, rationally |
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petrol
"A barrel of petrol at the entrance. Disinfection. Everyone was soaked in it" (27). |
gasoline |
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convalescent
"You are at Auschwitz. And Auschwitz is not a convalescent home. It's a concentration camp" (29). |
a person recovering from illness or injury |
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colic
"My father was suddenly seized with colic....'Excuse me, can you tell me where the lavatories are?" (29). |
pain in the abdomen or bowels |
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clout
"...he dealt my father such a clout that he fell to the ground, crawling back to his place on all fours" (29). |
a blow or hit, especially with the hand |
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reverie
"Dazed by the sunshine and my reverie, I felt someone tugging at my sleeve" (30). |
daydream |
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placard
"At each step, a white placard with a death's head on it stared us in the face. A caption: 'Warning Danger of death'" (30). |
a paperboard sign posted or carried by a demonstrator |
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compulsory
"These were the showers, a compulsory formality at the entrance to all these camps" (30). |
required; mandatory; obligatory |
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formality
"These were the showers, a compulsory formality at the entrance to all these camps" (30). |
an established order |
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comradeship
"'...a piece of advice: let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers..." (31). |
associate; companion |
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disperse
"The bell gave us the signal to disperse" (32). |
to spread; to scatter |
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ration
"I was dreadfully hungry and swallowed my ration on the spot" (33). |
a fixed amount during a time of shortage, especially during wartime |
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humane
"...the prisoner in charge of our block was deprived of his office, being considered too humane. Our new head was savage..." (33). |
showing tenderness, compassion, sympathy, empathy for persons, especially those who are suffering |
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congealing
"...there would be tears running down his face, congealing there, freezing" (33). |
to make or become fixed; to set |
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base instincts
"Akiba Drumer said: 'God is testing us. He wants to find out whether we can dominate our base instincts and kill the Satan within us...'" (34). |
lowest level of natural impulse; foundation of all impulse |
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blandishments
"They were all laughing and joking and shouting blandishments at one another for a good part of the way" (34). |
actions or speech that coax, entice |
