"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!
EXAMPLE:
Term (p.#): Holocaust
Definition:
· Greek meaning “sacrifice by fire”
· Systematic murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators
World War II
Definition:
• Hitler's invasion of Poland (Sept. 1939)
• about 55 million people were killed during the war
Genocide
Definition:
• deliberate killing of a large group of people
Concentration Camp
Definition:
• a prison camp where prisoners are forced to work for labour or await mass execution
Adolf Hitler
Definition:
• Austrian-born German leader who was head of the Nazi party
• chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Ally
Definition:
• a state working with another, typically for military reasons or by treaty
Persecute
Definition:
• to abuse someone mainly because of their race or religion.
Ethnicity
Definition:
• being in a group that has a race or religion in common.
Displaced Persons Camp
Definition:
• people being, unwillingly, forced to leave behind their homes and held hostage in a camp.Displaced Persons Camp
Culture
Definition:
• customs and traditions
Nazi
Definition:
• a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
• a person who holds and acts brutally in accordance with racist views
Einsatzgruppen
Definition:
• death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass killings, primarily by shooting, during World War II
Ghetto
Definition:
• the Jewish quarter in a city
Final Solution
Definition:
• Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews
• run by Adolf Hitler and resulted in the murder of 6 million in concentration camps
Ideology
Definition:
• system of ideas and ideals
• forms basis of economic or political theory and policy
Race
Definition:
• distinct physical characteristics of a person
• having different cultures, history, language, etc.
Death March
Definition:
• 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!
EXAMPLE:
Term (p.#): Holocaust
Definition:
· Greek meaning “sacrifice by fire”
· Systematic murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators
World War II
Definition:
• Hitler's invasion of Poland (Sept. 1939)
• about 55 million people were killed during the war
Genocide
Definition:
• deliberate killing of a large group of people
Concentration Camp
Definition:
• a prison camp where prisoners are forced to work for labour or await mass execution
Adolf Hitler
Definition:
• Austrian-born German leader who was head of the Nazi party
• chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Ally
Definition:
• a state working with another, typically for military reasons or by treaty
Persecute
Definition:
• to abuse someone mainly because of their race or religion.
Ethnicity
Definition:
• being in a group that has a race or religion in common.
Displaced Persons Camp
Definition:
• people being, unwillingly, forced to leave behind their homes and held hostage in a camp.Displaced Persons Camp
Culture
Definition:
• customs and traditions
Nazi
Definition:
• a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
• a person who holds and acts brutally in accordance with racist views
Einsatzgruppen
Definition:
• death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass killings, primarily by shooting, during World War II
Ghetto
Definition:
• the Jewish quarter in a city
Final Solution
Definition:
• Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews
• run by Adolf Hitler and resulted in the murder of 6 million in concentration camps
Ideology
Definition:
• system of ideas and ideals
• forms basis of economic or political theory and policy
Race
Definition:
• distinct physical characteristics of a person
• having different cultures, history, language, etc.
Death March
Definition:
• 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