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Vocabulary for Night

Vocabulary for Night. by Elie Weisel. synagogue. Jewish place of worship. During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple. Pg. 1. Phillips Sanctuary Adath Jeshurun Congregation. Gestapo.

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Vocabulary for Night

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  1. Vocabulary forNight by Elie Weisel

  2. synagogue Jewish place of worship During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple. Pg. 1 Phillips Sanctuary Adath Jeshurun Congregation

  3. Gestapo literally: internal security police;a Nazi organization infamous for cruelty The train full of deportees had crossed the Hungarian frontier and on Polish territory had been taken in charge by the Gestapo … Without passion, without haste, they slaughtered their prisoners. Pg. 4 Geheime Staats Polizei (GeStaPo)

  4. diplomacy the art of negotiation Besides, people were interested in everything: in strategy, in diplomacy, in politics, in Zionism—but not their own fate. Pg. 6

  5. Zionism Jewish nationalist movement to establish a homeland in Palestine We doubted that [Hitler] wanted to exterminate us ... people were interested in everything—in strategy, in diplomacy, in politics, in Zionism—but not in their own fate. Pg. 6

  6. Red Army name for Soviet army from 1918-1945 The general opinion was that we were going to remain in the ghetto until the end of the war, until the arrival of the Red Army. Pg. 9-10

  7. anecdote story, tale, yarn, sketch My father was telling them anecdotes and expounding his own views on the situation. p. 10

  8. deportation banishment, removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial “I have terrible news,” he said at last. “Deportation.” The ghetto was to be completely wiped out. p. 11

  9. truncheon club, night stick, baton The Hungarian police struck out with truncheons and rifle butts, to right and left, without reason… p. 13

  10. abominable horrible, causing disgust or hatred There was an abominable odor floating in the air. p. 25

  11. incite to provoke, to stir up They had knives on them, and they tried to incite the others to throw themselves on the armed guards. p. 29

  12. monocle single eyeglass for one eye Dr. Mengele…a typical SS officer: a cruel face, but not devoid of intelligence, and wearing a monocle… p. 29

  13. paternal fatherly, like a father “How old are you?” he asked, in an attempt at a paternal tone of voice. p. 29

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