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vocab 15
| word | def. |
|---|---|
| holocaust | the systematic and planned extermination of about six million european jews and millions of others by the nazi's between 1933-1945 |
| anti-semitism | opposition to and discrimination against jewish people |
| aryan | a term used by the nazis to describe northern european physical characteristics (blonde hair, blue eyes) as racially superior |
| b'richa | the organized illegal mass movement of jews throughout europe following WWII |
| dehumanization | nazi policy of denying jews basic cicil rights such as practicing religion, education, and adequate housing |
| concentration camps | nazi prisons used to oppress jewish people |
| death camp | nazi extermination centers where jews and other victims were brought to be killed |
| displacement | the process, either official or unofficial, of people being involuntary moved from thier homes |
| euthanasia | nazi euphemism for deliberate killings of institutionalized physically, mentally, and emotionally handicapped people. the euthanasia program began in 1939 |
| genocide | deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, cultural, or religous group |
| gestopa | secret state police- used brutal methods to investigate and supress nazi resistance |
| pogram | an organized and often ofically encouraged massacre or attacks on jews |
| propoganda | false or partly false infromation used by a goverment or political party intended to sway the opinions of people |
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