ACT II

“The Diary of Anne Frank

Unable to express oneself

inarticulate

Fearful feeling about what will happen

next

apprehension

Practice of making someone do what you want by threatening to

reveal his or her secrets

blackmail

Sad and lonely

forlorn

Ability to sense immediately, without

reasoning

intution

Without producing the desired results

ineffectually

Monetary unit of the Netherlands

guilders

Formerly, to pass between two rows of men who struck at

offender with clubs as he passed; here, a serious of troubles or

difficulties

run the gauntlet

Strictly observing the rites and

traditions of Judaism

Orthodox

State or place of temporary

punishment

purgatory

Moral anguish arising from repentance for past

misdeeds; bitter regret

remorse

Wild uproar or noise

pandemonium

Nazi concentration camp in Poland that was well known as a

death camp

Auschwitz

A village in Germany that, with the village of Bergen, was the site of Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp

Belsen

A village of central Germany near Weimar; site of Nazi concentration

camp during WWII

Buchenwald

Anger aroused by something unjust,

mean, or unworthy

indignant

Freedom from prejudice;

acceptance of the views of others

tolerance

Temporary madness

frenzy

limited to the surface; lacking

depth

superficial

Conquest and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces

occupation

Excessive or uncontrollable emotion;

such as panic

hysteria

Violent attack; an overwhelming outpour

onslaught

A persistent sense of inadequacy

inferiority complex

Foolish discourse

rubbish

Vocal expression

utterance