GLOSSARY
| aktzia blokowa blocksperre effektenkammer gimnasium |
An organized raid by the SS and/or local militias for the purpose of rounding up Jews, either for deportation or to be murdered in the designated places of execution nearby. A female prisoner in charge of a block, translated variously as "block elder," "block leader," "block supervisor," or "block senior." Blokowy is the masculine form. Feminine plural is blokowe. A curfew during which prisoners were forbidden to leave the living quarters. A warehouse where newly confiscated goods were located. Polish high school. Completion with a diploma | |
| (gymnasium) |
(gymnasium) is generally considered equivalent to two years of study in an American college program. | |
| herrenvolk Judenrein (or |
Master race. The aim of the Nazi Policy vis-U+00EO-vis the Jews | |
| Judenfrei) |
during this period was to make Germany and German occupied areas free of Jews. | |
| kanada kapo komando (Polish |
A branch of the camp where the warehouse containing confiscated goods was located. Chief of a work battalion. The chief of a larger group was called an "elder kapo" or oberkapo. The head of a smaller group was called a vorarbeiter. All of these functions were carried out by prisoners. A work battalion. | |
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Publication information:
Book title: Auschwitz:True Tales from a Grotesque Land.
Contributors: Sara Nomberg-Przytyk - Author, Eli Pefferkorn - Editor, David H. Hirsch - Editor, Roslyn Hirsch - Translator.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press.
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, NC.
Publication year: 1985.
Page number: 183.
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