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Holocaust vocabulary
all about the Holocaust
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6th Grade
04/25/2010

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Holocaust
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The German sponsored, systematic persecution and killing of European Jews during World War II

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genocide
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The deliberate and systematic extermation (killing off) of a national, racial, political, or culture group

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persecution
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Punishment or harassment usually of a severe nature on the basis of race, religion, or political opinion in one's country or origin

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Resistance
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An underground organization composed of groups of private individuals working as an opposition force in a conquered counry to overthrow the occupying power.

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collaborator
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To work together, to cooperate with a person or agency

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victim
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One who is harmed or made to suffer by another

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rescuer
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Someone who saves something rom danger or violence

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perpetrator
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to be responisible for an action or crime

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bystander
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a person who is present at an event but doesn't participate in it

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exploiter
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to use selfishly for one's own needs

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propaganda
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information, ideas or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movemet, institution, nation, ect.

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inevitable
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unable to be avoided; sure to occer, happen, or come; unalterable

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ghetto
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A section of a city in which all jews were required to live

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concentration camp
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a guarded area where civilians, enemies, political prisoners, and sometimes prisoners of was were detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions. Any of the camps established by the Nazis prior to and during World War II for the confidment and persecution of prisoners. 

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occupation
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possesion of a place by forcibly capturing it or settling in it.

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disdainfully
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Ina way that looks down on someone or something.

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exasperation
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angry, irritated, annoying 

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belligerently
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with readiness to fight or quarrel

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unwavering
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without doubt; certain

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