Devil's Arithmetic Vocabulary - Schell

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Schnorrer

definition - A Yiddish term meaning '“beaggar“ or “sponger” page - 45

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Goy

definition - A non-Jewish person page - 23

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Malach Ha-mavis

definition - A Yiddish term which translates most literally as “Angel of Death” page - 9

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Shtetl

definition - A Yiddish term for a town. page - 37

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Sondorkommando

definition - Work units of Nazi death camps prisoners. page - 113

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Shmatte

definition - A rag or anything that is shabby. page - 133

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Kaddish

definition - a reference to The Mourner’s Kaddish, a mourning prayer in Judaism. page - 134

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Musselman

definition - a term used by death camp prisoners when referring to other inmates suffering from severe starvation. page - 129

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Shul

definition - a term used by Jews of Ashkenazi descent to refer to a synagogue. page - 61

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Zugangi

definition - a Yiddish term that was sometimes appropriated by Nazi officers when referring to the latest newcomers to arrive at a concentration camp. page - 129