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Holocaust Vocab
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English
8th Grade
01/22/2014

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Stereotype
Definition
An idea that many people have about a thing or a group that may often be untrue or only partly true; label, cast
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Propaganda
Definition
An organized spreading of certain ideas; misinformation, half-truths
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Prejudice
Definition
A favoring or dislike of something without good reason, unfriendly feelings directed at someone; prejudgment, bias
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Anti-semitism
Definition
Hatred, hostilities toward Jews
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Annihilate
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To destroy completely; exterminate, obliterate
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Genocide
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The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
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Discrimination
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Treating of some people better than others without any fair or proper reason; prejudice
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Indifference
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Lack of feeling for or against something; coldness, unconcern, apathy
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Ghetto
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A part of the city in which Jews were required to live
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Scapegoat
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A person or thing taking the blame for others; fall guy
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Persecute
Definition
To cause to suffer because of a belief; hunt, maltreat
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Jew
Definition
Someone of the Jewish faith and/or race
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Holocaust
Definition
In Hebrew it men's great wind and burning; it came to mean annihilation
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Segregation
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Isolation; separation from others
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Concentration Camp
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Prison,labor,and killing facility used by the Nazi
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Victim
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An individual who suffers injury or is killed
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Perpetrator
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One guilty of committing a wrong
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By-stander
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One who looks on and does nothing
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Rescuer
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One who comes to the aid of another
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Racism
Definition
A type of prejudice based on biological race
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