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Holocaust Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aryan | Used in Nazism to designate a supposed master race of non-Jewish Caucasians usually having Nordic features |
| Ghetto | Separate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live. |
| Refugee | A person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, often because of political upheaval or famine. |
| Genocide | The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group . |
| Antisemitism | prejudice against Jews |
| Torah | The most sacred text of the Hebrew Bible, includes the first five books. |
| Bias | Having an unfair or unbalanced opinion. |
| Holocaust | A goal to exterminate all Jews, campaign of genocide. |
| Mischlinge | Used to describe someone who is a hybrid, mongrel, or half-breed. |
| Scapegoat | A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. |