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Holocaust Vocab 1-10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ghetto | The section of a city in which the Jews were forced to live. |
| Racism | The practice of discrimination and persecution on the basis of race. |
| Crematorium | Furnaces where human bodies were burned. |
| Deportation | The forced removal of jews in Nazi-occupied lands to concentration camps. |
| Selection | Procedure used to determine who would live and who would die in death and labor camps. Usually carried out by doctors. |
| Bericha | Hebrew for "flight"; name given to those who aided the Jews in their escape to Palestine after the Holocaust. |
| Judenrat | Head of Jewish council established by the Nazis in each ghetto. |
| Genocide | The systematic elimination of a people or nation. |
| Uebermenschen | Nazi term for "Supermen", the racial ideal. |
| Anti-Semitism | Discrimination or persecution of Jews. |