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Because there were so many soldiers marching about on the other side, not to mention the fact that the signalman separating the tracks, Bruno could only make out the crowds of people for a few moments before he and his family boarded a
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| Ghettos were usually established in the poor sections of a city, where most of the Jews from the city and surrounding areas were subsequently forced to reside. |
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Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire
b. Holocaust The genocide of European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II: |
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| A camp where civilians, enemy aliens, political prisoners, and sometimes prisoners of war are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions. |
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| The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, cultural, or religious group. |
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| False or partly false information used by a government or political party intended to sway the opinions of the population. |
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| A language that combines elements of German and Hebrew. |
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| Biased generalizations about a group based on hearsay, opinions, and distorted, preconceived ideas |
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| A six-pointed star which is a symbol of Judaism. During the Holocaust, Jews throughout Europe were required to wear Stars of David on their sleeves or fronts and backs of their shirts and jackets. |
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| A complex consisting of concentration, extermination, and labor camps in Upper Silesia. It was established in 1940 as a concentration camp and included a killing center in 1942. Auschwitz I: The main camp. Auschwitz II (Also known as Birkenau): The |
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| title of a senior officer in the military, person of high rank |
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I heard Father say that whoever lived here at Out-With before us lost their job very quickly and didn’t have time to make the place nice for us.’
‘Out-With?’ asked Bruno. ‘What’s an Out-With?’
‘It’s not an Out-With, Bruno’ said Gretel with a sigh. ‘It’s just Out-With.’ ” |
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| “The new house, however, stood all on its own in an empty, desolate place and there were no other houses anywhere to be seen, which meant there would be no other families around and no other boys to play with, neither friends nor trouble.” |
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| “All he could say was that his father was a man to watch and that the Fury had big things in mind for him.” |
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| ‘We should never have let the Fury come to dinner,’” she said. “ ‘Some people and their determination to get ahead.’ ” –Mother speaking to Bruno |
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Because there were so many soldiers marching about on the other side, not to mention the fact that the signalman separating the tracks, Bruno could only make out the crowds of people for a few moments before he and his family boarded a
very comfortable train with very few people on it…”
Ergo
Definition: therefore; so
Example from text, Page (47): “ ‘And our family is here, Bruno. At Out-With. Ergo, this must be our home.’ ” –Father speaking to Bruno
Insolent
Definition: rude or disrespectful
Example from text, Page (51): “ ‘I have been very considerate of your feelings here, Bruno, because I know that this move is difficult for you. And I have listened to what you have to say, even though your youth and inexperience force you to phrase things in an insolent manner.’ ” –Father speaking to Bruno |
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| ‘And our family is here, Bruno. At Out-With. Ergo, this must be our home.’ |
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| ‘I have been very considerate of your feelings here, Bruno, because I know that this move is difficult for you. And I have listened to what you have to say, even though your youth and inexperience force you to phrase things in an insolent manner.’ |
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| Bruno bit his lip. He had hoped that Maria would take his side in the campaign to get away from Out-With but he could see where her loyalties really lay. |
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| ‘I’m not allowed to say what I feel?’ he repeated, incredulous.” –Bruno speaking to Maria |
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| ‘Ashamed!’ She called out before she left. ‘That a son of mine should be--’ ‘A patriot,’ cried Father, who perhaps had never learned the rule about not interrupting your mother.” |
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| A few morning later a man called Herr Liszt rattled up the driveway on his boneshaker and it was time for school again.” |
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| ‘Not your history,’ interrupted Herr Liszt. ‘Not your own personal history. I mean the history of who you are, where you come from. Your family’s heritage. The Fatherland.’ ” |
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| higher than another in rank or quality |
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| lack of respect; intense dislike |
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| ‘I came home from school and my mother was making armbands for us from a special cloth and drawing a star on each one.’… ‘My father wears one too,’ said Bruno. ‘On his uniform. It’s very nice. It’s bright red with a black-and-white design on it.’ ” |
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| ‘You’re not eating again, surely?’ asked Maria with a smile. ‘You had lunch, didn’t you? And you’re still hungry?’ ‘A little,’ said Bruno. ‘I’m going for a walk and thought I might get puckish on the way.’ ” |
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| ‘And what reason did he give, might I ask,’ continued Father, ‘for leaving Germany at the moment of her greatest glory and her most vital need, when it is incumbent upon all of us to play our part in the national revival?...’ ” –Father speaking to Lieutenant Kotler |
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“His departure had come about very suddenly and there
had been a lot of shouting between Father and Mother about it late at night, but he was gone, that was for sure, and he wasn’t coming back; Gretel was inconsolable.” (discussing Kotler’s departure) |
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| ‘Oh, Bruno!’ said Gretel in an exasperated voice, and he didn’t know whether that was because he might be spoiling the plans for their return or because (according to her) he continued to mispronounce the name of their home.” |
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| “He wondered whether Shmuel had been told that he was going home too; after all, coincidences like that do happen, such as the fact that Bruno and Shmuel shared the same birthday.” |
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| “Shmuel pointed at Bruno’s feet and the heavy boots he had taken from the house. ‘You’ll have to leave them behind too,’ he said. Bruno looked appalled. ‘But the mud,’ he said. ‘You can’t expect me to go barefoot.’ ” |
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| “Shmuel smiled too and the two boys stood awkwardly together for a moment, unaccustomed to being on the same side of the fence.” |
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‘It happens sometimes,’ said Shmuel. ‘They make people
go on marches.’ ‘Marches!’ said Bruno, appalled. ‘I can’t go on a march. I have to be home in time for dinner. It’s roast beef tonight.’ ” |
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