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GestapoThe German internal security police as organized under the Nazi regime, known for its terrorist methods directed against those suspected of treason or questionable loyalty.
Auschwitzan industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop.: 45 400 (latest est.) Polish name Oświȩcim
Petrolany one of various volatile flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, mainly hexane, heptane, and octane, obtained from petroleum and used as a solvent and a fuel for internal-combustion engines.
Kapoa privileged prisoner who served as a barracks supervisor/warder or led work details in a Nazi concentration camp
FurnaceAn enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g., for smelting metals.
GliewitzA city of south-central Poland west-northwest of Katowice. Chartered in 1276, it was ceded by Austria to Prussia in 1742 and assigned to Poland by the Potsdam Conference in 1945
InfirmaryA place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or dispensary in an institution