ABSTRACT

Chapter 2 1. This chapter, as a chapter in itself, is cited from the Hebrew translation because it does not

Chapter 3 1. I am grateful to Itamar Even-Zohar, Israel Gershoni, Nurit Gertz, Dan Dinar, Nadav Naaman,

Chapter 4 1. Langenscheidt explains the German expression “Zuckertiite” as follows: “large cornet filled

5. Jürgen Stroop (1895-1951) SS and police chief, and a World War I veteran, who crushed the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto. Source: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, vol. 4, pp. 1415-1417

Chapter 5 1. Anschluss

Chapter 6 1. Mezuzah

Chapter 9 1. As is well known, having been charged with treason, Sophie was executed along with her

Chapter 10 1. Calvary is the dome of the skull.