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23 Cards in this Set
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Anti-Semitic
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Hostile (toward) or prejudice against Jews
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Cabbala
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the secret studies in Jewish theosophy
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Concentration Camp
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a camp for the detention (imprisonment) of political prisoners
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Fascism
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any system of extremely right-wing or authoritarian views
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Genocide
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the segregation against one race
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Gestapo
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the German secret police under Nazi rule (“Geheime Staatspolizei” is the German name)
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Ghetto
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a quarter of the city where Jews where required to live
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Hasidic
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a Jewish sect (party?)
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Holocaust
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means “burnt whole” in Greek
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Kaddish
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prayer for the dead
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Kapo
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a guard in the concentration camps
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Nazi
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a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany and other areas from 1933 to 1945, under the rule of Adolf Hitler
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Phylactery
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a small leather box usually containing Hebrew text worn by Jewish men during morning mass
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Rosh Hashanah
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the Jewish new year
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SS
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group of Nazis who served as body guards to Hitler; and where later used to be in charge of intelligence, policing action and extermination of the undesirables
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Surname
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the last name, the name in common to all family members
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Synagogue
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the temple; the building for Jewish religious observance and instruction
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Talmund
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(holy writing) the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend
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Theosophy
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teachings about God and the world based on mystical insight
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"The Red Army"
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the liberators (Allies)
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Truncheon
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a short club, usually carried by police officer
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Yom Kipper
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Day of Atonement, fasting day – Jews in concentration camp were unsure whether to fast
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Zionism
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a movement (originally for re-establishment) that is now the development of Israel (a Jewish nation)
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