The Silver Sword Flashcards
(26 cards)
loafing meaning
To idle away one’s time
devout
totally committed to a cause or belief.
The author of the silver sword is________
Ian Serraillier
The first world war started in______
1914
The first world war ended in______
1918
The second world war started in____
1939
The second world war ended in________
1945
The capital of Poland is_____
Warsaw
Joseph Balicki had three children they were?_______
Ruth, Edek, and Bronia
Joseph was head mater of a primary school
People from Poland were Polish also known as ______
Pole
The prison camp was called_______
Zaknya
Each hut in the prison held about 120 yet it was hardly big enough for more than forty
At mealtimes the prisoners ate________
cabbage and potato soup
For drinking the prisoners had warm water with bread crumbs in it(The Nazi guards called it coffee)
Twice a week they had a dab of butter, and there was a tea-spoonful of jam on Saturdays
The Nazis took away Joseph’s Polish textbooks and made him teach in_______
German
Unruly prisoners were sent to ____________
“the cooler”
Joseph’s wife was a swiss woman named Margrit
Joseph was taken away to the prison in early_____
1940
Inquiry meaning
an act of asking for information.
The Nazis took Joseph’s wife away to____
Germany
Mrs. Krause thought that Joseph’s children were dead
They all made arrangements that if they separated they would meet in ________
Switzerland
