Salt to the Sea

Salt to the Sea Glossary

Petulant

Easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way, like a child.

Tethered

Tied, fixed, or attached to something.

Opi

Opa or Opi means grandfather in most parts of central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria.

Whermacht

Wehrmacht means defense force in German. It was the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

Volkssturm

Volkssturm means "people's storm" in German. It was a national militia created by Hitler during the last months of World War II, to recruit men who were not yet serving in the military.

Deutschland

Deutschland means Germany in German.

Attribute

A quality or characteristic of a person or thing.

Gauleiter

A gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the Nazi Party.

Junker

Junker refers to an aristocratic landowner of Prussia.

Maimed

Crippled; deprived of the use of some part of the body due to a wound.

Reich

Reich means realm or empire in German. The term "Third Reich" or simply "the Reich" refers to Germany during the period of Nazi control from 1933 to 1945.

Incessant

Unending, continuing without interruption.

Sippenhaft

Sippenhaft means "kin liability" in German. It refers to the principle of families sharing the responsibility for a crime committed by one of its member.

Sanatorium

A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness.

Frau

Frau means "Mrs." in German; a German married woman.

Herr

Herr means "Mr." in German. It is the normal German title of respect and term of address for a man.

NKVD

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, abbreviated NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union, often known as the Soviet secret police.

Insipid

Dull, flat, lacking in interesting or stimulating qualities.

Gulag

The system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union.

Winch

A mechanical device that is used to pull in or let out a rope or cable.

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