Night vocab

synagogue

house of worship for those of the Jewish religion

encumbered

burdened; weighed down

timid

shy

waif

homeless or abandoned child

divine

excellent; delightful; from God

betrothal

formal engagement to be married

billet

to place soldiers--usually a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility; to lodge temporarily.

liquidate

get rid of; sell completely

emigration

the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.

anti-Semitic

hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people

holocaust

total destruction or sacrifice—especially by fire

Holocaust

the attempted destruction of the Jewish people by Hitler

genocide

extermination of a race

pogrom

a mass killing; an organized massacre

queue

a line of people

Aryan

Hitler’s ideal race

oppress

to crush and destroy

emaciate

to starve or make very thin

Auschwitz

the largest death camp in Poland

ghetto

a restricted or isolated area for a group