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Glossary
Forced labour: a unit where Jewish men were trained for hard work, but no weapons. Separated from regular army units, taking them to the most dangerous places on the front
Muselman: emaciated person in a concentration camp
Lagerstrasse: the only street in a concentration camp
Musaf prayer: the second solemn prayer of the day
stubenelteste: main helper in the block: a heftling
h”ftling: inmate
Brotkammer: place where bread was distributed
Strafenkomando: for punishment
Blockova: the sole supervisor of the block
stubendienst: helpers in the block
appel: daily head count of prisoners
sortierung: to choose
delkele: cheese-danish (pastry)
dales kriegt sich: misery argues
rucksak: back-pack
verfluchte: damned, accursed
schreiberin: one who does the correspondence