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to persist or continue in spite of difficulties or obstacles

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persevere

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morally low; dishonorable; selfish; cowardly

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base

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to bear witness; give evidence

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testimony

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lack of interest or concern

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indifference

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5
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statement or declaration of a witness

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testimony

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to restore to good health or good condition

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rehabilitate

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belonging to a thing by its very nature

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intrinsic

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8
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destroy completely

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annihilate

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A political and cultural movement advocating a Jewish independent state in the Land of Israel

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Zionism

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10
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existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

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abstract

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belief in something overtly false

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delusion

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burdensome; unjustly harsh or cruel; having dominant control over another

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oppressive

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in a manner that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively

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surreptitiously

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an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property

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conflagration

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avoid waste or extravagance; use resources wisely and prudently

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economize

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16
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having uncontrolled extreme emotion

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hysterical

17
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the first expansion of the original Auschwitz camp. Its main function was the extermination of European Jews.

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Birkenau

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a thing that is wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses

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illlusion

19
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confusion or disorder; a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

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tumult

20
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Auschwitz camp complex (Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz III-Monowitz) as well as more than 40 sub-camps was an extermination camp built in Poland as part of the Final Solution

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Auschwitz

21
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make holy

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sanctify

22
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A special commando, also referring to Jewish prisoners in extermination camps whose forced labor assignment was to dispose of/cremate bodies of gas chamber victims

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Sonderkommando

23
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the inmate assigned as the leader of a kommando

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Kapo

24
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freedom; the act of setting free

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liberation

25
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a fixed amount of a commodity, especially food, officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime or in a concentration camp

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ration

26
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munitions factory in the Auschwitz complex. The worksite of Elie Wiesel’s work kommando.

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Buna

27
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unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the well-being of others

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altruistic

28
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wishing to do what is right; to do one’s work or duty mindfully

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conscientious

29
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the term the Nazis primarily applied to people of Northern European racial background. It was used to distinguish Jews from non-Jew; the Nazis defined “non-Aryans” as individuals who had a parent or grandparent who was Jewish.

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Aryan

30
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not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash

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imprudent

31
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the action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person

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submission

32
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reparation for a wrong or injury

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atonement

33
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abnormally thin or weak, especially due to illness or a lack of food

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emaciated

34
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firm determination to do something

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resolve

35
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the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity

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deprivation

36
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lack of interest or concern for things others generally find moving or exciting

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apathy

37
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A concentration camp established in 1937 near Weimar, Germany. While it was primarily a labor camp in the German concentration camp system and not an extermination center, thousands died there from exposure, over-work, and execution. Many Jews from other camps were forcibly marched there by the Nazis in early 1945.

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Buchenwald

38
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never having happened before

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unprecedented

39
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thinking about deeply

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contemplating

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