Allies - Americans, British, and Russians , Augsburg - factory town to which 500 women were sent to work, Dachau - notorious prison to which they transported from Augsburg, Mr. Scheidel - kind man who snuck Elli bread and paper, although he risked his life in doing so, to be emaciated - to be starved to the point where the outlines of one's skeleton is visible , typhus - when Elli arrives at Muhldorf, she learns that mnay of the prosiners have died or are dying of this terrible disease, which is transmitted via parasites such as lice, Waldlager - The camp in which Elli discovers Bubi , Zahlappell - roll call, often used to torment prisoners, Bubi - This person is so starved that he reminds Elli of something she might see in a science fiction magazine.  , kitchen commando - a work assignment in the kitchen, Sonderkommando - those tasked with pulling bodies from the gas gas chambers and putting them in the crematoria, liberation - refers to Allied troops taking camps from German control  and freeing the prisoners, one week - the length of time Elli and the other survivors spend in a boxcar with no food or water after they are strafed by planes, American - the soldiers who take the German soldiers prisoner and liberate the box car, 60 or 62 years of age - how old the German woman thinks Elli is. She is actually 14 years old, One year and two weeks - approximately the period of time between her deportation from Somorja to her liberation in Seeshaupt,

1000 Years

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