A Night Divided Section 1 Vocabulary

ceasing

• strengthened place

• stopping

• German military

• trembled out of fear

person who flees the country for safety

• Stasi

• Grenzers

• fascists

• refugee

fortress

• strengthened place

• followers of a political system

• of little importance

• gesturing without speech

fascists

• German military

• secret police

• followers of a political system

• dull

hysterics

• of little importance

• dull

• stopping

• exaggerated reaction

drab

• dull

• of little importance

• gesturing without speech

• German military

trivial

• checkpoint in Berlin at which passage between East and West Berlin was permitted

• dull

• of little importance

• stopping

CheckPoint Charlie

• secret police in East Germany

• followers of a political system

• checkpoint in Berlin at which passage between East and West Berlin was permitted

• exaggerated reaction

pantomimed

• exaggerated reaction

• dull

• stopping

• gesturing without speech

Stasi

• German military

• followers of a political system

• a person who flees the country for safety

• secret police in East Germany