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By Elie Wiesel. Night . genocide. noun The systematic annihilation of a political, racial, or cultural group. holocaust. Noun Widespread or complete destruction. pious. Adjective Earnestly religious or devout; or Solemn hypocrisy. lamentation. Noun The act of lamenting or mourning
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By Elie Wiesel Night
genocide • noun • The systematic annihilation of a political, racial, or cultural group.
holocaust • Noun • Widespread or complete destruction
pious • Adjective • Earnestly religious or devout; or • Solemn hypocrisy
lamentation • Noun • The act of lamenting or mourning • An expression of regret or sorrow
synagogue • Noun • A Jewish church
waiflike • Adjective • Like a homeless or abandoned child
timidity • Noun • Shyness
cabbala Mystical Jewish teachings: a body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures as containing hidden meanings
Gestapo • Noun • The secret police of Nazi Germany
lorries • Noun • A motor truck
Zionism • Noun • A movement or plan for establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine • Zion is also known as the Jewish people or the city of God: heaven
fascist • Adjective • Marked by dictatorship and strict socioeconomic conditions
ghetto • Noun • A section of a town or city blocked off that imprisoned Jews during the Holocaust; it was surrounded by barbed wire and Nazi soldiers
deportation • Noun • Banishment from a country
phylacteries • Noun • Leather boxes that contain parchments of Jewish scriptures that are worn by men during morning worship
swine • Noun • A mammal that includes pigs and hogs; or • A despicable person
Concentration Camps • Auschwitz • Birkenau • Buna • Gleiwitz • Buchenwald