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June 1940 to October 1944 when Germany ruled France and established a totalitarian government (a overnment body controls social, economic, and cultural life)
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the Occupation
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term used to describe members of Hitler's political party; orig. 1920 - the term became popular in 1930; shortened version of the full party name; a pejorative
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Nazi
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a man from the Bible (John 11) whom Christ raised from the dead; the Roman verison of Eliezer, Elie's full name
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Lazarus
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refers to a true Jewish nation
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Zion
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the mivement to establish the Jewish religion within Palestine
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Zionism
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a 45 volume book with commentarey and interpretation used to settle disputes
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the Talmud
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a philosophy that uses ordinary things for a higher purpose (example: dreams, numbers)
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cabbala
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huge storage sheds that housed the dead in camps
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charnel house
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a minor church worker or care taker (similar to a deacon)
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beadle
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a type of Jew who is fiercely orthodox; consumed with the joy found in worship
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Hasidic
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the main text of the cabbala
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the Zohar
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(Germany forces Romainia to give Transylvannia to Hugary) Converted Nazis who launched anit-semitic attacks
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the Hungarian Police
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someone who is opposed to Jews (adj.)
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anti-Semitic
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a Jew
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Semite
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50,000 handchosen bodygaurds fir Hitler; known as the balck shirts or the S.S.; Hitler's terrorists
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the Gestapo
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aka: the Yellow Star of David; on Israel's flage today; Jews were forced to wear one on their clothing
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the Yellow Star
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forced living conditions; very small and uncomfortable; fenced and patrolled by gaurds
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ghetto
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a pejorative for the Germans
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boches
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a political party whose major concern was brtual opression of free speech and civil rights; believed in the strict adhereance to inhumane laws; German leader > Hitler
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the Fascist Party
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a set of small leather boxes with scripture on slips of paper inside; worn on the middle finger and connected to the forearm or head during weekly ritual prayers to give visible proof of service to God
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phylactries
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a Jewish prayer for the dead; recited at funeral or on the aniversary of the death of the deceased; 10 people must be present to recite the prayer; 2000 years old; never refers to grief; focuses on the day when God will redeem all mankind
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the kaddish
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German for special command; Jews in the prison camps who whose job was to remove the corpses from the camp, first remove gold teeth and fillings, then drag the bodies to specific carts; promised the chance to live for service - a lie; not view favorably by other prisoners
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sonder-kommando
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usually a prisoner who served as a gaurd; excessively cruel to other prisoners
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kapo
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German for overseer
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oberkapo
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German for head of camp
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lagerkapo
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German for master
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meister
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German for "young apprentice"
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pipel
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2nd in command to Hitler; in charge of the Final Solution (Hitler's concept of Jewish extermination)
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Himmler
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in charge of certain processes; devised ways to exterminate Jews; did sick and cruel human experimentation - highly inhumane
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Dr. Mengele
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the Fascist "Master Race"; supreme in all ways; blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin - the ideal; made up / no factual basis / no proof
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Aryan
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