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21 Cards in this Set
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Anti-Semitism |
Hostilitytoward Jews as a people and a religion |
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Aryan
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Aterm used by the Nazis to mean superior, master race
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Crematorium
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Ovensor furnaces where concentration camp inmates’ bodies were disposed of |
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ConcentrationCamp
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Aplace where those considered fit for heavy, physical work were sent
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Displacedpersons
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Termused for survivors of the concentrationcamps who were left homeless |
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ExterminationCamps
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Campswhere prisoners were either worked, starved, beaten to death, shot, orgassed |
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GasChamber
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Aroom where ventilation was sealed so that death could be induced through theuse of gas |
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Genocide
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Thedeliberate and systematic destruction of social, political, cultural orreligious group |
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Gestapo
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Thesecret police organization in Nazi Germany. |
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Ghetto
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Thewalled-off section of a city to which Jews were restricted |
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TheNazi Holocaust
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Theterms that refers to the systematic, planned extermination of six millionEuropean Jews
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Nazi
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Nameused to identify members of the German Fascist political movement which ruledGermany under Adolph Hitler |
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Nazism
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Thepolitical system in Germany from 1933-1945 |
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NuremburgRace Laws
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Lawsput on the books by Hitler to persecute the Jews legally. This marked the beginning of the Holocaust |
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Persecution
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Thepractice of oppressing or harming people or groups, especially for reasons ofreligion, race, or politics |
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Pogrom
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Anattack on Jews by mobs of non-Jews |
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ProcessingCamp
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Placewhere Jews who could work were screened and then sent to a concentration camp |
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Scapegoat
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A person, groumistakes or crimes of othersp, or thing that bears the blame for the |
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Swastika
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Anancient symbol used by Buddhists, Greeks, and Celts
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Synagogue
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Asanctuary where Jews assemble to worship |
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