Science English
Math Social Studies


Science Language Arts
Social Studies
Math
In our PAT English class with Ms.Nelson, we read the book Night by Elie Wiesel. It was the story of a young boy who survived the Holocaust. During the reading we encountered the following Nazi, Jewish, and 1930 thru 1934 terms.

Aryan:
Term formerly used to designate the Indo- European race or language family or its Indo- Iranian subgroup.

Barracks:
a large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. Two house occupancies.

Birkenau:
A concentration camp that is basically considered to be Auschwitz #2 it is also known as an extermination camp.

Buna:
Rubber used by Pre- Columbian peoples of South and Central America for balls, containers, and shoes and for waterproofing fabrics.

Beadle:
Jewish man who was imprisoned in a concentration camp, mistaken for dead, and used that idea to escape.


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