German Dictionary Outlines Words to Avoid

World War Two left a mark on Europe in many ways and in Germany that included a whole range of words associated with Nazi government and practice being effectively frozen out of the language. For instance, the words include the more obvious like Endlösung (Final Solution, the Nazi programme of genocide against Jews) to the more obscure, like ‘degenerate’ or ‘selection’. A new dictionary, the Wörterbuch der 'Vergangenheitsbewältigung' or Dictionary of 'Coming to Terms with the Past’ examines roughly a 1000 words and phrases which have become tainted by their Nazi associations. Spiegel Online has more information.