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פּיפּעל

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Yiddish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From regional German piepel, but understood as German puppe; compare German puppenhaus.

Noun

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פּיפּעל (pipel?

  1. (Khurbn) A boy who became a sex slave to a male superior in Holocaust camps.

See also

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References

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  • Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.155-162, 235. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909