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Holocaust Vocab
Vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aryan | of or relating to a hypothetical ethnic type illustrated by or descended from early speakers of Indo-European languages. |
| Ghetto (WW ll version) | Separate section of a city where members of minority groups are forced to live. |
| Refugee | A person who flees from home or country to seek refugee elsewhere, often because of political upheaval or famine. |
| Genocide | Deliberate and systematic killing of people who belong to a particular racial, ethnic, or cultural group. |
| Antisemitism | Prejudice against Jews. |
| Torah | The most sacred text of the Hebrew Bible, includes the first five books. |
| Bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. |
| Holocaust | The systematic genocide of bout six million European Jews by the Nazis in World War II. |
| Mischlinge | People who had two Jewish grandparents but did not practice Judaism and did not have a Jewish spouse. |
| Scapegoat | a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. |