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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anti-Semitism | prejudice, discrimination against, or persecution of Jews |
| Aryan | a caucasian gentile, especially of Nordic people |
| Auschwitz-Birkenau | Nazi concentration camp built in 1940 in Poland; Auschwitz- half of the camp was used to house and utilize slave labors; Birkenau- was the receiving center and was used to exterminate unwanted prisoners. |
| beadle | minor synagogue official charged with care and upkeep of synagogue |
| buchenwald | Nazi concentration camp built in 1937 in Germany; liberated in 1945 by U.S troops (60,000 persons from 18 nations killed) |
| cabbala | Jewish mystical tradition of religious philosophy developed in the middle ages; those who follow the belief yearn for direct access to higher spiritual realm; the books of jewish mysticism are called the zohar |
| concentration camp | camp where prisoners of war are detained and confined, typically under extremely harsh conditions |
| crematory | a furnace or establishment for the incineration (cremation) of corpses |
| deportation | banishment or expulsion if an undesirable alien from a country |
| fascism | a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator using suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship |
| fortnight | a period of 14 days and nights; two weeks |
| genocide | deliberate and methodical annihilation of a national or racial group |
| gestapo | german internal secret police as organized under the nazi regime known for its terrorists methods |
| ghetto | created in the 16th century, this was a section of a European city where jews were confined and required to live |
| guerrilla | a member of a partiality unit operating |
| hasidism | mystical religious movement in orthodox judaism which stresses religious joy, and the possibility of communication of god through emotional prayer. |
| adolf hitler | chancoller/dictator of germany from 1933-1945; by invading poland in 1939, he started ww2 and was responsible for more mass destruction and slaughter than any other man in history. |
| holocaust | old testament sacrificial term used by historians to describe the massacre of 6 million jews by the german nazi regime during ww2. great or complete destruction, especially by fire. |
| job | i the OT, an upright man whose faith in god survived the test of repeated calamities. |
| judaism | religion based on the precepts of the OT and teaching of the Talmud, marked by observance of mosaic law; the faith of the jewish people |
| nazi | member of the national socialist german workers party, founded in germany in 1919 and brought to power in 2933 by hitler. |
| nazism | ideology and practice of the nazis, especially state control of the economy and racism nationalism and national expansion |
| occupation | invasion, conquest and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces. |
| orthodox | faithful to and complying with the accepted or traditional classic jewish laws |
| passover | annual jewish feast commemorating the exodus of the jews from egypt |
| rabbi | chief religious official serving a synagogue, a scholar trained in jewish law, ritual, and tradition. |
| rosh hashanah | the jewish new year, occuring in september or early october |
| s s | the elite military unit of the nazi party, full name: schutzstaffel |
| selection | a process used by nazis to weed out the weak prisoner for cremation |
| semite | any descendant of shem, a son of noah, member of a group of people that include arabs, ethiopians, hebrews and others |
| synagogue | name given to the jewish holy place of worship; in a small community, it is the center of village life where teaching, learning, and fellowship took place |
| talmud | collection of ancient writings, interpretations, and teachings forming the basis of religious authority in orthodox judaism; a compilation of oral tradition based on the OT and interpretations of the mishma |
| torah | the first 5 books of the hebrew scriptures; later this item came to mean th4 entire body of religious law and learning including both sacred literature and oral tradition |
| transylvania | region in central romania |
| truncheon | a heavy club, carried and used as a weapon by police and guards |
| elle wiesel | survivor of the holocaust who won the nobel peace prize in 1986, author of night |
| zion | the jewish people or nation, isreal |
| zionism | modern jewish cultural movement aimed at the reestablishment if a jewish national homeland and stae in palestine |
| zohar | the cabbalistic books, the secrets of jewish mysticism |
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