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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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  1. By Elie Wiesel Night

  2. genocide • noun • The systematic annihilation of a political, racial, or cultural group.

  3. holocaust • Noun • Widespread or complete destruction

  4. pious • Adjective • Earnestly religious or devout; or • Solemn hypocrisy

  5. lamentation • Noun • The act of lamenting or mourning • An expression of regret or sorrow

  6. synagogue • Noun • A Jewish church

  7. waiflike • Adjective • Like a homeless or abandoned child

  8. timidity • Noun • Shyness

  9. cabbala Mystical Jewish teachings: a body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures as containing hidden meanings

  10. Gestapo • Noun • The secret police of Nazi Germany

  11. lorries • Noun • A motor truck

  12. 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

  13. fascist • Adjective • Marked by dictatorship and strict socioeconomic conditions

  14. 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

  15. deportation • Noun • Banishment from a country

  16. phylacteries • Noun • Leather boxes that contain parchments of Jewish scriptures that are worn by men during morning worship

  17. swine • Noun • A mammal that includes pigs and hogs; or • A despicable person

  18. Concentration Camps • Auschwitz • Birkenau • Buna • Gleiwitz • Buchenwald

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