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Anne Frank vocabulary #2

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resistance, various underground movement groups who stood in opposition to the Nazis
black market, an underground activity of the illegal buying or selling of goods and currency which flourished during the food and product shortages of WWII
yellow Star of David, a symbol that Jews were forced to wear on all clothing in Nazi-occupied territories
call up notice, a Nazi-sponsored letter which mandated that the recipient report to a designated location such as a work camp. Most who received such letters were ultimately transported to concentration camps.
concentration camp, Nazi-guarded areas of imprisonment for Jews and other “undesirables” – many were designed as death camps
Auschwitz-Birkenau, located in Poland it was the largest of the concentration camps and the site of over 1 million murders, approximately 90% of whom were Jews
Bergen-Belsen, originally designed as a camp for political prisoners being held for exchange, it converted to concentration camp in 1944 and is the site where Anne Frank and her sister Margot died
Green Police, German uniformed police force who patrolled the streets to maintain order
Gestapo, the German secret police who used terror and torture during interrogations
SS, the black-shirted elite uniformed guard of Hitler and the officials who also ran the concentration camps


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