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Rise to Power Vocabulary
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General Vocab
8th Grade
02/08/2018

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Allies
Definition
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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Belzec
Definition
Death camp located in southeastern Poland alongside a main railway line; between 550,000 and 600,000 Jews were killed there.
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Crematorium
Definition
Ovens built in concentration camps to burn and dispose of the large number of murdered bodies.
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Evian Conference
Definition
A meeting of delegates from some 32 countries in the summer of 1938 that met at the French summer resort to discuss the refugee problem caused by Nazi persecution of Jews. Few countries were willing to open their doors, giving a clear message to Adolf Hitler as to the true feelings of many foreign countries toward the Jews.
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Fuhrer
Definition
German word for "leader," it was adopted by Adolf Hitler as his title after Hindenburg’s death.
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