Literary Terms

1. Literary Terms • Drama – a form of literature meant to be performed by actors before an audience. • Nonfiction – writing that tells about real people, places, and events

2. The Holocaust • The term used to describe the killing of approximately six million European Jews during World War II. The program was planned and carried out by the National Socialist German Worker’s party (Nazis) and was led by Adolf Hitler. • http://www.ushmm.org/

3. Concentration Camps • During WWII, Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps throughout the territories it controlled. In these camps, millions of prisoners were killed through mistreatment, disease, starvation, and overwork. • Starting in 1942, Nazi Germany established extermination camps, or death camps, for the sole purpose of exterminating the Jews of Europe (the Final Solution). Over three million Jews would die in these camps, primarily by poison gas in gas chambers, although many prisoners were killed in mass shootings and by other means. • http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-statistics.htm

4. Anne Frank • Born on June 12, 1929 • Anne and her family went into hiding on July 6, 1942 • The Franks were arrested and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau on August 4, 1944 • Anne was sent to Bergen-Belsen on October 30, 1944 • Anne and her sister, Margot, died in Bergen-Belsen in March 1945. • http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=15&lid=2 • http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/