| A | B |
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| Daniel | main character a young boy who survived the war. He was captured with his family by the Nazis |
| Erika | Daniel's sister who plays a violin. She dies at the end of the war |
| Mother | died at Auschwitz and failed the selection |
| Father | was a WWI hero. He survives with Daniel and Fredrich. He worked at a factory and bartered with soldiers |
| Uncle Peter | dies in the concentration camp crematoria. He was the family photographer and a professor who was fired because he was Jewish |
| Rosa | Daniel's girlfriend . She was head of the resistance group. They provided hiding places, hope, and support to others. She worked in a factory and organized a strike |
| Oma Rachel | went to the hospital and was evacuated. She was sent away on truck |
| Opa Samuel | he went with Oma Rachel on the truck |
| Friedrich | Daniel's cousin who was orphaned . He hides in the bakery basement and lives. |
| Mr. Schneider | a school teacher who had a strong dislike for Jewish people. He made fun of Daniel in school. |
| Frankfurt, Germany | Place where Daniel was born. All his family lived there, The family store was destroyed on Kritillnacht. A curfew was created. |
| Lodz, Poland | was a ghetto where people worked or died. Daniel and his family lived in a one room apartment. He joined the Resistance.which helped people rebel and gave hope and support. |
| Auschwitz | a concentration camp "killing center" Selection was based on gender, sick or healthy. People that came in were shaved, disinfected, given clothes, and taken to the barracks. Daniel took pictures of Canada and burning bodies |
| Buchenwald | work camp where people worked 14 hrs a day. Jews dismantled the gas chambers, and crematoria at night. Zoo and photo studio |
| ghetto | poor living conditions, no heat, food rationed |
| boycott | refuse to buy goods or products |
| massacre | kill or slaughter a group of people |
| atrocity | cruel brutal act |
| Death Camps | kille people in gas chambers, crematoria, fire pits or shot |
| emaciated | extremely thin |
| scavenge | to look for or to search |
| squalor | filth and dirt |
| uprising | revolt |
| evacuate | to leave withdraw from |
