Holocaust Vocabulary The Book Thief

Front

Anarchist

Back

Rebels against authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Euphemism

Back

A kinder way of stating something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

Front

Catalyst

Back

something that causes a future event

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

Echelon

Back

Level of command, authority or rank

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Fuehrer

Back

German word for leader

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Front

Admonish

Back

to warn or reprimand

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Gestapo

Back

Secret police in Nazi Germany

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Front

Scythe

Back

Tool with long, curved blade for mowing/reaping

Front

Infamy

Back

Fame due to negative activities

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Front

Aryan: Hitler's "Master Race"

Back

Blue-eyed, blond-haired Caucasians; no biological validity.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9