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Holocaust
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genocide | to rid of an entire people based on race, political belief, or culture |
| Kristallnacht | "Night of Broken Glass" Jewish shops destroyed and 100 Jews killed by Nazis |
| Holocaust | deliberate, systematic persecution and elimination of Jews and other "undesirables" by Hitler and the Nazis |
| Final Solution | Hitler's plan to rid of the Jews by genocide |
| ghetto | overcrowded portion of cities |
| Nuremburg Laws | robbed Jews of their citizenship, banned marriage between Germans and Jews, Jews must wear Star of David |
| Aryan | "master race" German pure-blood |
| Concentration camps | prison or work camps |
| Death camps | camps built for the sole purpose of murdering Jews |
| Zionist Movement | support for the creation of a Jewish state/nation |
| PLO | Palestinian Liberation Organization- wanted Palistinian state |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | set human rights standards for all nations |