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HolocaustMC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anti-Semitism: | prejudice against Jews |
| Genocide: | the deliberate & systematic destruction of a racial/political/ cultural group |
| Holocaust: | a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life often through fire |
| Nazism: | The political philosophy, based on extreme nationalism, racism, and militaristic expansion that Adolf Hitler put into practice in Germany from 1933-1945 |
| Master Race: | According to Hitler the so called “pure” Germans who, because of their supposed racial superiority had the right to conquer and rule other people |
| Propaganda: | a kind of biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions |
| Ghettos: | A city neighborhood in which a certain minority group (Jews) were forced to live |
| Concentration Camps: | A prison camp operated by the Nazi Germany in which Jews and others considered to be enemies of Hitler were starved while doing slave labor and/or were murdered |
| Lebensraum: | German word for “living space.” |
| Corruption: | Inducement to do wrong by unlawful or improper means |
| Kristallnacht: | “Night of Broken Glass.” Day in 1938 where Anti-Semitic riots broke out and Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed. 30,000 Jews were rounded up and taken to concentration camps. |
| Commandants: | Concentration camp leaders |
| Crematorium: | building in which corpses are cremated |
| Nuremberg Trials: | The court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II, in which Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes |
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