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Anti-Semitism |
Hatred of jews |
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Judaism |
the religion of the jewish people |
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Scapegoat |
A person , group, or thing that bears the blame for the mistake or crimes of others |
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Post-War |
The time period after the war |
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Nazi |
The new name giving to the Nationalist Socialist German workers party |
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Third Reich |
A new order (of government) the Adolf Hitler Established that would supposedly last a thousand years |
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Inferior |
Lower in order , status, value, or rank |
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Aryans |
Nazi believed Germans to be the master race. they believed |
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Swastika |
A twisted cross that is the symbol of the Nazi party |
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Fuehrer |
Means '' absolute ruler'' and it became Hitler's nickname |
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Gestapo |
Hitler's secret police |
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SS |
stands for Schutzstaffel, also called Blackshirts; a special security force |
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Lebensraum |
The belief that Germany needed more land and was entitled to invade her neighbors in order to get it |
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Judenfrage |
The theory the entire race to be eliminated |
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Dachau |
the first Germans concentration camp established in1933 |
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Nuremberg Laws |
anti-jewish racial laws where jews had restrictions or certain conditions |
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Krstallnacht |
''Night of broken glass'' - November 1938' jewish homes and businesses were looted and destroyed. Many jewish men were men were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Those who resisted were shot. |
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synagogue |
A jewish church or place to worship. |
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Rabbi |
A jewish religious leader |
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Oma & Opa |
German names for Grandmother and Grandfather |
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Boycott |
A protest in which a group of people stop buying a product or using a service/business to make a statement |
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Bar Mitzvah |
A ceremony where boys are initiated into adulthood at the age of 13. They are given extra responsibilities within the Jewish community |
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Bat Mitzvah |
A ceremony where girls are initiated into adulthood at the age of 12-13. They are given extra responsibilities within the Jewish community |
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Star of David |
A six-pointed star used as a symbol of Judaism. This was the badge that the Nazi forced the Jews to wear, to distinguish them from the rest of the population |
