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| A hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a given name. |
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| train that transports cattle (used to transport Jews in the book "Night") |
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| The German internal security police as organized under the Nazi regime, known for its terrorist methods directed against those suspected of treason or questionable loyalty. |
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| A person regarded by the speaker with contempt and disgust |
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| A deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness. |
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| A Nazi concentration camp in World War II, near the town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz) in Poland. |
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| Birkenau was Auschwitz II, which contained the main gas chambers and also the women's camp. |
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| any one of various volatile flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, mainly hexane, heptane, and octane, obtained from petroleum and used as a solvent and a fuel for internal-combustion engines. |
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| a privileged prisoner who served as a barracks supervisor/warder or led work details in a Nazi concentration camp |
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| An enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g., for smelting metals. |
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| A place where a dead person's body is cremated |
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| A city of south-central Poland west-northwest of Katowice. Chartered in 1276, it was ceded by Austria to Prussia in 1742 and assigned to Poland by the Potsdam Conference in 1945 |
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| something, as an action or speech, that tends to entice. |
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| The largest Auschwitz sub-camp, located there from 1942 to 1945 |
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| A large metal pot with a lid and handle, used for cooking over an open fire |
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| Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to thee. |
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| A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace; a flue |
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| A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or dispensary in an institution |
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| To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control |
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| A hawker of quack medicines who attracts customers with stories, jokes, or tricks. |
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A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.
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| To set out on a venture; commence |
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| A Nazi concentration camp in World War II, near Weimar in central Germany. |
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| To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore |
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| Relating to, affected by, or having the character of a spasm; convulsive |
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