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English Vocab #2
Quiz for Friday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Holocaust | Def: a systematic state-directed genocide of 6 million Jews and other during WW2. The word "Holocaust: means o burn completely |
| Liberation | Def: the action or process of tying to obtain freedom and equal rights |
| Nation l Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutshe Arbeiterpartei) | Def: The Nazi Party: a right wing, anti Sematic nationallist party led by Adolf Hitler during this reign of power |
| Persecution | Def: The act or practice of harassing or annoying those who differ in origin, religion or social outlook |
| Propoganda | Def: The spreading of ideas, information or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution cause or person |
| Scapegoat | Def: an individual or group of people who are blamed for the actions of others |
| SS (Schutzstaffel) | Def: The black shirted, elite guards of Hitler that also ran the concentration and death camps. |
| Stereotype | Def: a fixed image or notion of a person or group; to assign characteristics observed in a few people to an entire group |
| Third Reich | Def: Nazi term for Germany and German occupied territories in Europe from 1933 - 1945 |
| Westerbork | Def: A transit camp for Dutch Jews in northern Holland from which almost 100,000 Jews were deported to concentration camps between 1942-1944 |
| Star of David | Def: The six pointed yellow Star of David is the Jewish religious symbol that the Nazis forced Jews over the age of six to wear as a mark of shame and to make them visible In the Netherlands the Star carried the Dutch word "Jood" meaning "Jew" in middle |