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Night: Chapters 1-3
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Facism | A form of government headed by a dictator. They put a nation and often a race above the individual. |
Dehumanization | It is the process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities. |
Neutrality | The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement. |
Tormentor | A person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on someone. |
Anti-Semitism | The hostility to or prejudice against Jews, hating Jews. |
Ghetto | The isolated or segregated Jewish quarter in a city. |
Holocaust | The destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. |
Pious | extremely religious |
Oppressor | A person or group that keeps (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority. |
Redemption | The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. |
Allied powers | Britain, France, Russia, and the United States |
Axis powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
Surname | A persons last name |
Gestapo | The Nazi police force. They were mean and very powerful in Germany during WWII. They hunted down enemies of the Nazi party as well as Jewish people. |
Esteem | The condition of being honored |