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| Definition: ignorance of evil; freedom from sin or guilt; harmlessness; lack of knowledge of the world |
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| Definition: Bruno’s way of pronouncing Fuhrer, which is the German term for “leader” and was a title used for Hitler |
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| Definition: barren; deserted; uninhabited; lonely or solitary |
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| Definition: The location of Bruno’s new home. Bruno believes it is called “Out-With,” when in reality it is Auschwitz, one of the largest concentration camps during the Holocaust. |
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| Definition: title of a senior officer in the military, person of high rank |
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| Definition: a group of prisoners chained together while engaged in forced labor |
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| Definition: firmness of purpose; resolve; a fixed intention or resolution |
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| Definition: man who shines lights or makes signs telling trains it’s okay to move onto a different track |
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| Definition: therefore; so |
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| Definition: rude or disrespectful |
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| Definition: your relationships to people to whom you are faithful/loyal |
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| Definition: skeptical; disbelieving |
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| Definition: someone who loves and defends his or her country |
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| Definition: a German man; Mister (Mr.) |
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| Definition: the land of one’s ancestors; Germany is referred to as this in novel |
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| Definition: lack of respect; intense dislike |
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| Definition: the official emblem of the Nazi Party; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction |
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| Definition: slightly hungry |
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| Definition: very sad; unable to be comforted |
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| Definition: your relationships to people to whom you are faithful/loyal |
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| Definition: skeptical; disbelieving |
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| Definition: someone who loves and defends his or her country |
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| Definition: a German man; Mister (Mr.) |
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| Definition: the land of one’s ancestors; Germany is referred to as this in novel |
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| Definition: higher than another in rank or quality |
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| Definition: frustrated; annoyed |
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| Definition: the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events |
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| Definition: horrified; shocked |
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| Definition: not used to something; not familiar or comfortable with something because it doesn’t happen often |
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| Definition (in relation to this text): the movement of people from the concentration camp to the gas chambers during the Holocaust (in the novels) |
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