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Holocaust-related Vocabulary
Learn the Holocaust so you can understand better.
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Language - English
8th Grade
12/02/2020

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Allies
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The nations fighting Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during World War II, primarily Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States.
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Anschluss
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The German annexation of Austria in March 1938.
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Antisemitism
Definition
Dislike or hatred of the Jews.
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Appell
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The roll call of prisoners that could take hours. Prisoners were forced to stand outside in all types of weather, usually without proper clothing. These were called for by the commandant of the camp in order to account for all prisoners and /or of the prisoners to witness special punishments or deaths of their fellow prisoners.
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Arbeit Macht Frei
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“Work makes you free” is emblazoned on the gates at Auschwitz and was intended to deceive prisoners about the camp’s function.
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Aryan
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Term used by the Nazis to describe northern European physical characteristics (such as blonde hair and blue eyes) as racially “superior”.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau
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The largest and most notorious concentration, labor and death camp where 1.6 million died; located near Oswiecim, Poland.
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Axis
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The Axis powers, originally Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, extended to Japan when it entered the war.
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Babi Yar
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A ravine near Kiev where almost 34,000 Jews were killed by German soldiers in two days in September 1941.
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Buchenwald
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One of the first major concentration camps on German soil.
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