The Diary of Anne Frank: Domain Specific Vocabulary

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adapted

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modified for a new use (The Diary of Anne Frank by Goodrich and Hackett is a play adapted from the memoir Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank)

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air raid

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an attack by armed airplanes on a ground-level target

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Allies

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the countries that fought against Germany (and other Axis countries) in World War II: the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, and many others

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Anne Frank House

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now a museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands that was the location of the “annex” where Anne Frank’s family and four others hid for two years to avoid being taken by the Nazis

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annex

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a building that is attached to a larger building (in this case, it is the small living quarters attached to the warehouse and office of Mr. Frank’s spice business)

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artifact

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an object from a particular time and place or person, often on display in a museum

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BBC

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British Broadcasting Corporation; public radio station from Great Britain (England) that could be heard in other nearby parts of Europe

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black market

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the illegal sale of goods, usually things that are illegal, of high value or limited quantity

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blackout curtains

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curtains used to prevent any light from being seen from the outside, to prevent being the target of a nighttime air raid

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concentration camp

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a place where large numbers of prisoners are forced to labor and live in extremely harsh conditions; includes 6 Nazi death camps in Poland where large numbers of prisoners were systematically killed