vocab Flashcards
what is atonement?
reparation for a wrong or injury/ the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ
what is anti-semitic?
hosility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
what is beadle?
a ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution
what is cabbala?
the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible, first transmitted orally and using esoteric methods. it reached the height of its influence in the later Middle Ages and remains significant in Hasidism
who is Dr. Josef Mengele?
he carried out human experiments on camp inmates, especially twins. Josef Mengele was an SS physician, infamous for his inhumane medical experimentation upon concentration camp prisoners at Auschwitz
what is a fascist?
an advocate or follower of extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practices
what is genocide?
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation
what is gestapo?
was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe
what is the ghetto?
were a preliminary step in the annihilation of the Jews, became transition areas, used as collection points for deportation to death camps and concentration camps
what are guerillas?
a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces
what is kaddish?
an ancient Jewish prayer sequence regularly recited in the synagogue service, including thanksgiving and praise and concluding with a prayer for universal peace
what are lorries?
a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops, a truck
what is a nazi?
a member of the National Socialist German Workers Party , a member of an organization with ideology similar to Nazism
who is Nietzsche?
a German philosopher. in the nineteenth century he predicted that over the next two centuries, the philosophy of nihilism- purposelessness and despair- would take over the Western world leading to an unprecendent of world wide war
what are nyilas?
the archer party, also called the arrow cross party, ruled Hungary from oct. 1944-1945
what is passover?
The major Jewish Spring Festival that commemorates the liberation of the Isrealites from slavery lasting seven or eight days from 15th day of Nisan
what is pentecost?
the thanksgiving feast for the first fruit of the wheat hafvest and was associated with rememberance of God’s gift of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai.
what is a Rabbi?
a jewish scholar or teacher eapecially one who studies or teaches Jewish law
what is Rosh Hashanah?
the Jewish New Year festival, held on the first day of Tishri(in September) marked by the blowing of the shofar, and begins the ten days of penitence culminating in Yom Kippur
what is a synagogue?
the building where a jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction
what are truncheons?
a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer
what is talmud?
the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara, two versions
what is the Torah?
the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures( jewish bible)
what is Yom Kippur?
the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish year, the last of the ten days of penitence that begin with Rosh Hashanah
what is zionism?
a movement for the re-establishment and the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Isreal?
who is Shlomo?
eliezer’s father, well respected man
who is moeshe the beadle?
eliezer’s teacher of Jewish mysticism, poor Jew lives in sighet, deported in first batch came back to warn the rest of Jews and they didnt believe him
who is madame schachter?
jewish woman from Sighet who is deported in the same cattle car as a Eliezer, was for a mad woman when every night she screams that she sees the furnace in the distance she proves to be a prophetess but was beaten to shut up
who is juliek?
A young music musician who Eliezer meets in Auschwitz as he was trampled to death played his violin after the death march to Gleiwitz
who are Tibi and Yosi?
two brothers with whom eliezer becomes friends with in Buna plan to move to Palenstine after the war
who is idek?
the kapo who beats eliezer extremely cruel
who is Franek ?
a nice man till he wants Eliezer’s gold tooth prys it out with a spoon torments elie’s father
what is a pipel?
the kapo’s apperentince
why did elie lie about his age?
to avoid selection
who was rabbi eliahou
devout jewish prisoner who is abandon by his son comforter
who are elie’s three sisters?
hilda, bea, tziporA
how are elie’s family warned?
by a hungarian police inspector tapping on their window
who is akiba what does he ask for before death?
a singer who lost faith, asked for therest of the prisoner to say kaddish for him
who is dutch oberkapo?
friendly mad who is deported for not naming coconspirators
who kills his father for bread?
meir
