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1. Auschwitz
Quote: "Only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was." (Location 160 of 2118)
Definition - a Nazi concentration camp in World War II, near the town of Owicim in Poland.
2. Expulsion
Quote: "Saturday, the day of rest, was the day chosen for our expulsion." (page 21 of 115)
Definition - The process of forcing someone to leave a place, especially the country
3. Pentecost
Definition - Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension
4. Warsaw
Quote: "The foreman was a Pole: Franek, a former student in Warsaw."
Definition - The capital of Poland
5. Birkenau
Quote: "Knowing all the while that any one of the fields of ashes in Birkenau carries more weight than all the testimonies about Birkenau."
Definition - an industrial town in Poland; a Nazi concentration camp during World War II
6. Ghettos
Quotes: "Two ghettos were created in Sighet." (Page 11 of 115)
Definition - A Jewish quarter in a city; isolated or segregated area
7. Rosh Hashanah
Quotes: "On the last day of the Jewish year, the child is present a the solemn ceremony of Rosh Hashanah." (Location 206 of 2118)
definition - The Jewish New Year "Feast of the lord" or "Feast of Trumpets"
8. Yom Kippur
Quote: "Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement." (page 69)
Definition - holiest day for Jewish people to atone and to repent
9. Buchenwald
Quote: "And now scarcely ten years after Buchenwald, I realie that the world forgets quickly." (Location 114 of 2118)
Definition - A Nazi concentration camp in World War II, near village o central Germany
10. Sighet
Definition - A town near Trannsylvania
11. Buna
Definition - A Nazis German camp
12. Hasid (Hasidism)
Definition - a member of a strictly orthodox Jewish sect in Palestine
13. Synagogue
Definition - The building where a Jewish assembly or congrgation meets for religious worship and instructions.
14. Cabbala
Definition - the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible
15. Daschau:
definition - concentration camp was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany
16. Talmud Definition - body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend
17. Deportation
Definition - action of deporting a foreigner from a country
18. Passover
Definition - festival commemorating the Exodus, the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
19. Torah
Definition - law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures
Quote: "Only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was." (Location 160 of 2118)
Definition - a Nazi concentration camp in World War II, near the town of Owicim in Poland.
2. Expulsion
Quote: "Saturday, the day of rest, was the day chosen for our expulsion." (page 21 of 115)
Definition - The process of forcing someone to leave a place, especially the country
3. Pentecost
Definition - Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension
4. Warsaw
Quote: "The foreman was a Pole: Franek, a former student in Warsaw."
Definition - The capital of Poland
5. Birkenau
Quote: "Knowing all the while that any one of the fields of ashes in Birkenau carries more weight than all the testimonies about Birkenau."
Definition - an industrial town in Poland; a Nazi concentration camp during World War II
6. Ghettos
Quotes: "Two ghettos were created in Sighet." (Page 11 of 115)
Definition - A Jewish quarter in a city; isolated or segregated area
7. Rosh Hashanah
Quotes: "On the last day of the Jewish year, the child is present a the solemn ceremony of Rosh Hashanah." (Location 206 of 2118)
definition - The Jewish New Year "Feast of the lord" or "Feast of Trumpets"
8. Yom Kippur
Quote: "Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement." (page 69)
Definition - holiest day for Jewish people to atone and to repent
9. Buchenwald
Quote: "And now scarcely ten years after Buchenwald, I realie that the world forgets quickly." (Location 114 of 2118)
Definition - A Nazi concentration camp in World War II, near village o central Germany
10. Sighet
Definition - A town near Trannsylvania
11. Buna
Definition - A Nazis German camp
12. Hasid (Hasidism)
Definition - a member of a strictly orthodox Jewish sect in Palestine
13. Synagogue
Definition - The building where a Jewish assembly or congrgation meets for religious worship and instructions.
14. Cabbala
Definition - the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible
15. Daschau:
definition - concentration camp was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany
16. Talmud Definition - body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend
17. Deportation
Definition - action of deporting a foreigner from a country
18. Passover
Definition - festival commemorating the Exodus, the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
19. Torah
Definition - law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures