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Night Facts DTL
Night (novel) Words
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English
10th Grade
02/01/2011

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Achtung
Definition
a German word meaning "attention"
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Appleplatz
Definition
Roll call area inside concentration, labor and death camps.
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Aryan
Definition
(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
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Blockalteste
Definition
Literally, “block elder.” These were inmates in charge of a single concentration camp barrack.
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Fascist
Definition
A believer in fascism - that is a political idea that or theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to other forms of democracy such as democracy or liberalism)
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Gestapo
Definition
Gestapo is short for Geheime Staatspolizei, which means literally 'secret state [government] police'. It was the Nazi secret (political) police, which was looking for opponents to the regime, people who were dissatisfied, saboteurs and so on.
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Ghetto
Definition
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
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Hasidic
Definition
the beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
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