Maus: Prisoner of War

prisoner a person held in captivity

starve to suffer from lack of food

combat fighting during war

a herring a typ of fish

review your case To examine and evaluate the details of one's legal situation

a trench a long, narrow ditch

to surrender to give up

otherwise under different circumstances

be injured be hurt

be wounded similar to being injured, but more severely hurt

er verblutete he bled to death

a cabin a small house

frostbite injury to the skin and other tissues due to freezing.

announcement public or formal statement

housing and abundant food will be supplied you will be given somewhere to stay and food.

comrades friends

P.O.W- camp Prisoner of War camp, a facility where captured enemy soldiers are held during wartime.

Parshas Truma a reference to a portion of the Torah

Gestapo and Wehrmacht German terms referring to the secret police and the armed forces during the Nazi era.

bribe To give or receive something of value, often money, in order to influence someone's actions.

recuperating recovering from illness or injury

Seltzer factory a factory that produces carbonated water

curfew when you have to be at home

a will a document expressing a person's wishes after death

a shabby coat aworn-out jacket

a Naugahyde windbreaker Naugahyde is a brand of artificial leather; a windbreaker is a lightweight jacket designed to resist wind chill.

exhausted extremely tired

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