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Holocaust Vocabulary
Holocaust Vocabulary
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8th Grade
04/20/2011

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Allies
Definition
the nations, including the US and the Soviet Union, that fought against Germany in World War II
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ANTI-Semitism
Definition
hatred toward or bias AGAINST the Jewish people
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Aryan
Definition
in Nazi usage, a NON-JEWISH person of Nordic or Germanic background, a member of Hitler's "master race"
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Axis
Definition
the nations, including Japan and Italy, that fought alongside Germany in World War II
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CREMATorium
Definition
oven in Nazi concentration camps and death camps used to BURN THE CORPSES of inmates
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emaciate
Definition
to make VERY THIN; to cause to lose much flesh or weight, as by starvation or disease
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euthanasia
Definition
act or method of causing death painlessly to end suffering- advocated by some in cases of incurable, painful diseases
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Final Solution
Definition
the Nazi plan to MURDER all the Jews of Europe
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fuehrer
Definition
German word meaning LEADER and Adolf Hitler's title as head of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945
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genoCIDE
Definition
the systematic KILLing of a social, political, cultural, or religious group
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Gestapo
Definition
the Nazi secret POLICE
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ghetto
Definition
a SECTION in certain European CITIES in which Jews were formerly forced to live
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Hanukkah
Definition
a Jewish FESTIVAL in early winter commemorating the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees in 165 BC
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Holocaust
Definition
the EXTERMINATION of six million Jews and millions of others during World War II (great destruction of life, especially by fire)
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liberate
Definition
to release from slavery (FREEDOM), enemy occupation, etc.
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Malaria
Definition
an infectious DISEASE carried to man by the bite of a MOSQUITO
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Netherlands
Definition
a COUNTRY in W. Europe on the North Sea (ANNE's location during the Holocaust)
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pogroms
Definition
violent DEMONSTRATIONS of anti-Semitism, including attacks on people and property
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synagogue
Definition
a Jewish PLACE OF WORSHIP
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Typhus
Definition
a serious infectious DISEASE transmitted by FLEAS, LICE, etc. (This disease caused Anne's death.)
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