Reich: the former German state; especially the Third Reich, the German empire from 1935-1945

Aryan: a race of white Christians from certain European countries, such as Great Britain and Germany, who were considered by Hitler to be the Great Race

Round-up: driving together of Jews

Deportation: to remove forcibly or exile to a labor camp, concentration camp, or ghetto

Gestapo: secret Nazi Police

SS Guards: Nazi special police force

Heinrich Himmler: German leader of the Nazi secret police

Chamber pot: bedroom vessel for urination and defecation

Anti-semitism: policy or predisposition not in favor of the Jews

Displaced Person (DP): person who, at the end of World War II, was a refugee. Most were housed in Displaced Persons camps.

Concentration camp: camp where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are confined.

Ghetto: a section or quarter in a European city which Jews were restricted

Extermination camp: concentration camps that eliminated millions of Jews by killing and destroying them completely

Forced labor camps: concentration camps that enforced Jews to engage in physical labor

The American Heritage Dictionary (Second College Edition). Boston: 1982.