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Anti-Semetism
Prejudiceagainst or hatred of Jews.

Genocide

Thedeliberate and systematic destruction in whole or in part, of an ethnic,racial, religious, or national group.
Holocaust
Meansof “burnt offering” or “sacrifice by fire”.
Dictator
Anabsolute ruler; a tyrant; a despot.
“Aryanizing”
Toremove all non-Aryan persons from office, businesses, etc.
Ghetto
Animpoverished, neglected, or otherwise disadvantaged residential area of thecity.
Pogrom
Anorganized massacre of helpless people; specifically: such as a massacre ofJews.
Reparations
Thepayments and transfers of property and equipment that Germany was forced tomake under the Treaty of Versailles.
Genocide
Thedeliberate and systematic destruction in whole or in part, of an ethnic,racial, religious, or national group.
Fuhrer
Literallymeans “leader”; often associated with tyrants.
When was the Treaty of Versailles created?
28 June 1919-The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What event lead to the Treaty of Versailles?

World War One (WW1)

How did Germany react to the surrender ofGermany in WWI?



After its defeat in World War I, Germany was humiliated by the Versailles Treaty, which reduced its prewar territory, drastically reduced its armed forces, demanded the recognition of its guilt for the war, and stipulated it pay reparations to the allied powers.





Germany, in general, wanted peace, but not at the expense of the land they had taken. The German people saw reparations as a national humiliation; the German Government worked to undermine the validity of the Treaty of Versailles and the requirement to pay.
What was Germany ordered to do following WWI?
Pay reparations for the damages caused toEurope by WWI.
Whendid Adolf Hitler join the German Worker’s Party?
September 1919
What does “Nazi” stand for?
A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
Howdid Hitler assist the development of the National Socialist German Worker’sParty?
Hitler joined the party the year it was founded and became its leader in 1921
When and how did Hitler become Chancellor ofGermany?
In 1933, he became chancellor of Germany and his Nazi government soon assumed dictatorial powers.
When did Hitler become Fuhrer?
August 2, 1934-----



Reich Chancellor Hitler planned to use President Hindenburg's death as an opportunity to seize total power in Germany by elevating himself to the position of Führer, or absolute leader, of the German nation and its people. On August 2, 1934, at 9 a.m., the long awaited death of 87 year old Hindenburg finally occurred.

Did Hitler openly explain his plan to murder the Jewish people of Europe early in his political career?

No.

When did German Jews first feel theencroachment of anti-Jewish legislation?
1933
Which of the following rights were limited by anti-Jewish law in Germany?
a. Rights to Marry

b. Access to Medical Care


c. Worker’s Rights


d. Equal Rights


e. All of the Above

How did the Nuremburg Laws classify Jews?
The Nuremberg Laws didnot define a "Jew" as someone with particular religious beliefs.Instead, anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents was defined as a Jew,regardless of whether that individual identified himself or herself as a Jew orbelonged to the Jewish religious community.
Did the Nazi Party support or encourage the events of Kristallnacht? How so or why not?
On November 9 to November 10, 1938, in an incident known as “Kristallnacht”, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews.
Describe what life maybe like in a closed ghetto.
closed ghettowere closed off by walls, or by fences with barbed wire. The German authorities compelled Jews living in the surrounding areas to move into the closed ghetto, thus exacerbating the extremely crowded and unsanitary conditions. Starvation, chronic shortages, severe winter weather, inadequate and unheated housing, and the absence of adequate municipal services led to repeated outbreaks of epidemics and to a high mortality rate.
What is a “destruction” ghetto? Where were they most often seen?
Destruction ghettos were tightly sealed off and existed for between two and six weeks before the Germans and/or their collaborators deported or shot the Jewish population concentrated in them.



Destruction” ghettos existed in German-occupied Soviet Union (especially in Lithuania and the Ukraine), as well as Hungary.

1. When and how did WWII start?

1939 when Germany invaded Poland.



2. Who is Ellie Wiesel? What is his relation to the Holocaust?

An experienced survivor of the holocaust who has authored books. One of those books was called "NIght" which was on his experience of the Holocaust. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

3. Look at this excerpt from the Song of the Murdered Jewish People and make a historicalconnection with what the author is describing in this passage:



"I watched the two-year-old grandmother, The tiny Jewish girl, a hundred years old in her seriousness and grief. What her grandmother could not dream she had seen in reality. I wept and said to myself; Don’t cry, grief disappears, seriousness remains. " "

An epic poem. The author himself was murdered at Auschwitz in 1944 and the poem reflects the anger, grief and demand for a reckoning that its author must have felt. Katznelson's poem is a latter-day Lamentations, cataloging in real time the destruction of Eastern European Jewry.
Apartheid
a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
Segregation ·
being set apart.
Discrimination
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Prejudice
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Protest ·
A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
Non-Violence
The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change.
“Separate but Equal”
Racially segregated but ostensibly ensuring equal opportunities to all races.
Boycott
A punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods
Social Movement
A type of group action. They are large, sometimes informal, groupings of individuals or organizations which focus on specific political or social issues. In other words, they carry out, resist, or undo a social change.
“Satyagraha”
A policy of passive political resistance, especially that advocated by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule in India.
Social Change
Any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values and norms.
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is a civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the betterment of "people of color."
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), civil-rights organization founded in 1957 by Martin Luther King, Jr., and headed by him until his assassination in 1968.
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960.
CORE
The Congress of Racial Equality is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
Nation of Islam
An Islamic religious movement founded in Detroit, United States, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930.
Black Panthers
An organization that practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs.