Holocaust Vocab
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| Anti-Semitism | prejudice against
Jews
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| Genocide | the
deliberate &
systematic
destruction of a
racial/political/
cultural group
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| Holocaust | a
thorough destruction
involving extensive
loss of life often
through fire
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| Nazism | The political
philosophy, based on
extreme nationalism,
racism, and
militaristic expansion
that Adolf Hitler put
into practice in
Germany from
1933-1945
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| Master Race | According
to Hitler the so called
“pure” Germans who,
because of their
supposed racial
superiority had the
right to conquer and
rule other people
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| Propaganda | a kind of
biased communication
designed to influence
people’s thoughts and
actions
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| Ghettos | A city
neighborhood in which
a certain minority
group (Jews) were
forced to live
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| Concentration Camps | A prison camp
operated by the Nazi
Germany in which
Jews and others
considered to be
enemies of Hitler were
starved while doing
slave labor and/or were
murdered
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| Lebensraum | German
word for “living
space.”
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| Corruption | Inducement to do
wrong by unlawful or
improper means
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| Kristallnacht | “Night
of Broken Glass.”
Day in 1938 where
Anti-Semitic riots
broke out and Jewish
homes, businesses,
and synagogues were
destroyed. 30,000
Jews were rounded
up and taken to
concentration camps.
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| Commandants | Concentration camp
leaders
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| Crematorium | building in which
corpses are cremated
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| Nuremberg Trials | The court
proceedings held in
Nuremberg,
Germany, after World
War II, in which Nazi
leaders were tried for
war crimes
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