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.
