"Night" by Elie Wiesel
Vocabulary in Context
As you read the story “Night” and explore what the Holocaust was keep a log of important terminology as it is used in the core novel. In addition to keeping a growing dictionary of terminology related to the Holocaust be sure to define the terms in relation to history and their use in the text.
Vocabulary in Context definitions are due Thursday, April 17th - NO LATE WORK FOR "NIGHT" WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER OR AFTER SPRING BREAK!
World War II - war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939 and ending May 8, 1945
Genocide - (n.) deliberate killing of a large group of people
Concentration Camp - (n.) a prison camp where prisoners are forced to work for labour or await mass execution
Adolf Hitler - (n.) Austrian-born German leader who was head of the Nazi party. He is also the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Ally - (n.) someone who cooperates in a military army.
Persecute - (v.) to abuse someone mainly because of their race or religion.
Ethnicity - (n.) being in a group that has a race or religion in common.
Displaced Persons Camp - people being, unwillingly, forced to leave behind their homes and held hostage in a camp.
Culture - (n.) Customs and traditions
Nazi - (n.) A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. A person who holds and acts brutally in accordance with racist views
Einsatzgruppen - Death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass killings, primarily by shooting, during World War II
Ghetto - (n.) The Jewish quarter in a city
Final Solution - The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. It was run by Adolf Hitler and resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.
Ideology - (n.) Any system of ideas and ideals. It forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
Race - (n.) The distinct physical characteristics of a person. Having different cultures, history, language, etc.
Death March - (v.) Forced march of camp prisoners from their current camps toward Germany during the German retreat which started after the Battle of Stalingrad.
Places, religious customs, and other important words from “Night” to know:
1. Auschwitz
2. Expulsion
3. Pentecost
4. Warsaw
5. Birkenau
6. Ghettos
7. Rosh Hashanah
8. Yom Kippur
9. Buchenwald
10. Sighet
11. Buna
12. Hasid (Hasidism)
13. Synagogue
14. Cabbala
15. Daschau
16. Talmud
17. Deportation
18. Passover
19. Torah
Vocabulary in Context definitions are due Thursday, April 17th - NO LATE WORK FOR "NIGHT" WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER OR AFTER SPRING BREAK!
World War II - war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939 and ending May 8, 1945
Genocide - (n.) deliberate killing of a large group of people
Concentration Camp - (n.) a prison camp where prisoners are forced to work for labour or await mass execution
Adolf Hitler - (n.) Austrian-born German leader who was head of the Nazi party. He is also the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Ally - (n.) someone who cooperates in a military army.
Persecute - (v.) to abuse someone mainly because of their race or religion.
Ethnicity - (n.) being in a group that has a race or religion in common.
Displaced Persons Camp - people being, unwillingly, forced to leave behind their homes and held hostage in a camp.
Culture - (n.) Customs and traditions
Nazi - (n.) A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. A person who holds and acts brutally in accordance with racist views
Einsatzgruppen - Death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass killings, primarily by shooting, during World War II
Ghetto - (n.) The Jewish quarter in a city
Final Solution - The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. It was run by Adolf Hitler and resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.
Ideology - (n.) Any system of ideas and ideals. It forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
Race - (n.) The distinct physical characteristics of a person. Having different cultures, history, language, etc.
Death March - (v.) Forced march of camp prisoners from their current camps toward Germany during the German retreat which started after the Battle of Stalingrad.
Places, religious customs, and other important words from “Night” to know:
1. Auschwitz
2. Expulsion
3. Pentecost
4. Warsaw
5. Birkenau
6. Ghettos
7. Rosh Hashanah
8. Yom Kippur
9. Buchenwald
10. Sighet
11. Buna
12. Hasid (Hasidism)
13. Synagogue
14. Cabbala
15. Daschau
16. Talmud
17. Deportation
18. Passover
19. Torah