Closely Watched Trains Glossary

by Jiri Menzel

Closely Watched Trains Glossary

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World War II

1939-1945: in which the Axis Powers, Germany, Italy, Japan, were defeated by The Allies (US, UK, Soviet Union)

malingerers

people who exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape work

idyll

an extremely picteresque scene

Nazi

a member of the German National Socialist party; known for their ideas of racial superiority and totalitarian rule

collaborator

a person who cooperated traitorously with the Nazi occupiers

partisans

members of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force, in particular one operating in enemy-occupied Yugoslavia, Italy, and parts of eastern Europe in World War II

farcical

resembling a farce, because of ridiculous aspects

semaphore

apparatus for signaling, an upright pole

gantry

a bridgelike structure with a platform

Czechoslovakia

a former country in central Europe (now divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia), occupied by German forces starting with the takeover of the Sudentenland

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