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opposition to and discrimination against Jews |
Anti - Semitism
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Nazi death camp in Poland; largest of all camps
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Auschwitz
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reception center for Auschwitz
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Birkenau
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Nazi death camp in Germany
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Buchenwald
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collection of traditional stories that probes the mysteries of the universe
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Cabbala (Zohar)
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first Nazi death camp near Munich, Germany, opened in March 1933
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Dachau
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Nazi policy of denying Jews basic vicil rights such as practicing religion, education, and adequate food and housing
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dehumanization
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process of pepole being involuntarily moved from their homes because of war, governmental policies, etc.
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displacement
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intestinal inflammation characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, and dehydration
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dysentery
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act of caring out death painlessly, "mercy killing"
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euthanasia
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dictatorship government characterized by suppression of individual freedoms
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fascism
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Nazi term for the plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe
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final solution
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Secret State Police, used brutal methods to investigate and suppress resistance to Nazi rule w/in Germany & throughout Nazi-occupied Europe
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Gestapo
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the total annihilation of a race or ethnic group
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genocide
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established in poor sections of a city where most of the Jews from the city were forced to reside
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ghetto
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head of the SS and the Gestapo
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Heinrich Himmler
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Nazi dicator of Germany from 1933-1945
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Adolf Hitler
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monotheistic religion of the Jews, based on the teachings of the Old Testament and the Talmud
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Judaism
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Jewish hymn recited at a daily service or as a mourner's prayer (funeral hymn)
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Kaddish
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"The Night of the Broken Glass" on Nov. 9, 1938, almost 200 synagogues were destroyed, over 8000 Jewish shops were looted & destroyed, & tens of thousands of Jews were moved into concentration camps
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Kristallnacht
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"The Angel of Death" doctor who performed brutal, unnecessary experiments and operations on prisoners, took interest in children, expecially twins
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Dr. Joseph Mengele
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German fascist party which ruled under Hitler
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Nazi
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prisoner placed as head of a work camp unit, was usually brutal
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Oberkapo
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Jewish holiday which celebrates the liberation of Hebrew slaves in Egypt
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Passover
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attitude of closed-mindedness, to judge someone without any knowledge of the person, usually based on stereotypes
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prejudice
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any widespread promotion of a particular idea
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propaganda
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German term for the deportation of prisoners to killing centers in Poland
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resettlement
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one who bears the blame for others
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scapegoat
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term used by SS officers who determined which prisoners lived and which would die
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selection
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Schutzstaffel, originally formed in 1925 as Hitler's personal guard; in 1934 established control of the police forming a Nazi police state
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SS
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six-pointed star which is a symbol of Judaism, Jews in Europe were forced to wear these on their sleeves as a form of identification
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Star of David
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body of early Jewish civil and religious laws
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Talmud
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the Third Republic of Germany, ruled from 1933-1945
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Third Reich
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used to describe any non-Aryan group; Aryan people were pure, non-Jewish Caucasians (blonde hair, blue eyes)
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undesirable
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established in Nov. 1940, contained nearly 500,000 Jews; many died in 1941 due to overcrowding, hard labor, malnutrition. Jews revolted & fighting lasted 28 days, ending in destruction of ghetto
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Warsaw ghetto
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