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concentration camp
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A place where political enemies & prisoners of war are held. Without trial or explanation, the Nazis imprisoned Jews & everyone else they wanted out of the way. They used their camps to terrorize people and silence opposition.
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Nazi
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is an acronym for the Nazionalsozialische Partei, or National Socialist German Workers' Party. This was a fascist group under the leadership of Adolf Hitler
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persecute
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to harm often or unjustly. The Nazis persecuted Jews and other groups they called "inferior races," such as Slavs & Gypsies.
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propaganda
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a plan for spreading opinions. Nazi propaganda to discredit Jews & to promote the master race theory bombarded the German public through every communication channel possible: schools, the press radio, books, magazines, paintings, stage plays, films, songs, etc.
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underground
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a secret organization that resists foreign domination & works to free its country. aka Resistance
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scapegoat
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a person or thing made to take the blame for the mistakes of others. Nazis Used Germans Jews as scapegoats for all the economic, social & political problems after WW1. also natural disasters & epidemics
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death camps
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a place expressly designed for the purpose of killing.
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Third Reich*
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the German government under Nazi control between 1933 & 1945.
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anti-semitism
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often used to mean hateful feelings for of actions against Jews
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genocide
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a planned killing of an entire racial or cultural group of people.
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prejudice
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an opinion on judgment made in advanced w/out good reason
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ghetto
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part of a city where Jews were were forced to live.
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Gestapo
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a division of the SS. a plainclothes secret police force, the Gestapo was in charge of imprisoning all Nazi enemies, including Jews.
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labor camps
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where Nazi prisons were inmates were forced to work. Nearly all Nazi camps used prisoners as cheap labor force
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pogrom
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an organized & often officially approved attack on a minority group.
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ration
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to allow only a fixed amount. Germans strictly rationed food & other supplies to the citizens of their land
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Allies
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the nations that fought against Germany, Japan & Italy during World War ll
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atrocity
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is a cruel and brutal act.
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