Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Anti-Semitism |
hatred of Jews |
|
|
Judaism |
the religion of the Jewish people |
|
|
scapegoat |
person, group or thing that bears the blame for the mistakes or crimes of others |
|
|
post-war |
the time period after war |
|
|
Nazi |
the new name given to the National Socialist German Workers Party |
|
|
Third Reich |
New Order that Adolf Hitler established that would supposedly last a thousand years |
|
|
inferior |
lower in order, status, value or rank |
|
|
Aryans |
Nazis believed Germans to be the master race. They believed that they would be big-boned, blonde and blue-eyed. |
|
|
swastika |
a twisted cross that is the symbol of the Nazi Party |
|
|
Fuehrer |
means "absolute ruler" and became Hitler's nickname |
|
|
Gestapo |
Hitler's secret police |
|
|
SS |
Schutzstaffel, also called Blackshirts, special security force |
|
|
Lebensraum |
the belief that Germany needed more land and was entitled to invade her neighbors in order to get it |
|
|
judenfrage |
the theory that the entire Jewish race had to be eliminated |
|
|
Dachau |
the first German concentration camp established in 1933 |
|
|
Nuremburg laws |
anti-Jewish racial laws where jews had restrictions or certain conditions |
|
|
Kristallnacht |
"Night of Broken Glass" Nov. 1938 Jewish homes and businesses looted and destroyed Many arrested or shot |
|
|
synagogue |
A Jewish church or place to worship |
|
|
Rabbi |
a Jewish religious leader |
|
|
Oma, Opa |
German names for Grandmother and Grandfather |
|
|
boycott |
a protest where a group of people refuse to use a product or service to make a statement |
|
|
Bar/Bat Mitzvah |
A ceremony where boys/girls are initiated into adulthood at age 13. They are given extra responsibilities in the Jewish community |
