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Holocaust Vocabulary Words

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German for "My Struggle," Hitler's autobiography, which he wrote while in prison after the November 1923 failed "Beer Hall Putsch"; In it, Hitler explains his beliefs and plans for the future of the German nation. He describes the domination by an "Aryan" race through the elimination of all inferior and undesirable peoples, of which he focuses in particular on the "source of all evil"—the Jews.
Nazi-established these for efficient mass murder; Unlike concentration camps, which served primarily as detention and labor centers, these were almost exclusively "death factories." German SS and police murdered nearly 2,700,000 Jews in the these either by asphyxiation with poison gas or by shooting.
a section of a city where Jews were forced to live, usually with several families living in one house, separated from the rest of the city by walls or wire fences, and often sealed; They were used primarily as a station for gathering Jews prior to deportation to concentration camps.
a Nazi plan for the genocide of all of Europe's Jewish population during World War II
German word for empire
prison camps that held large numbers of Jews, other members of persecuted minorities (homosexual men and women, Gypsies, political and religious opponents of the Nazis, resistance fighters), and others considered enemies of the state; People died of starvation and disease and were sometimes forced to provide labor prior to mass execution.
camps where prisoners were used as slave labor
false or semi-true information used by a government, political party, or some other group that was intended to sway the opinions of the population
an ancient symbol, based on a good luck symbol from India, appropriated by the Nazis as their emblem
Also called the Great War, it was an international conflict fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers (mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) and the Allies (mainly France, Russia, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, and the United States). It began in July of 1914 and ended in November of 1918.
Nazi camp also known as Auschwitz II; contained systematic mass killing operations. It also housed thousands of concentration camp prisoners deployed at forced labor.
a social and political ideology that held as a primary guiding principle that the state or nation is the highest priority, rather than personal or individual freedoms
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the six-pointed Star of David; a Jewish symbol that the Nazis forced Jews above the age of six to wear. It was considered a mark of shame and made Jews visible.
forced removal of Jews in Nazi-occupied countries from their homes
people who are forced to leave their home country because of war, persecution, or natural disaster; refugees
prejudice or discrimination against Jews—dislike, fear, and persecution of Jews
a language that combines aspects of German and Hebrew
a group of 26 nations led by Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union that opposed Germany, Italy, and Japan (known as the Axis partners) in World War II
largest of the Nazi concentration camps, located in southwestern Poland; More than one million Jews were murdered there. All inhabitants of the Secret Annex were sent from Westerbork to Auschwitz in September 1944.
a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
The German republic was established in 1919 after World War I. It was an experiment in democracy from 1919 to 1933 until Hitler came into power in 1933.
laws announced by Hitler defining "Jew" and systematizing and regulating discrimination and persecution; One example is the Reich Citizenship Law, which deprived all Jews of their civil rights.
a country or government ruled by a dictator (one person who exercises absolute power)
an anti-Semitic tabloid style newspaper published during World War II; It acted as Nazi propaganda and often included racist caricatures.
stood for the abbreviation of Schutzstaffel, the black-shirted elite guard of Hitler; the political police in charge of the concentration and death camps; the major instrument of terror in the concentration camps and occupied Europe.
concentration camps prison camps that held large numbers of Jews, other members of persecuted minorities (homosexual men and women, Gypsies, political and religious opponents of the Nazis, resistance fighters), and others considered enemies of the state; People died of starvation and disease and were sometimes forced to provide labor prior to mass execution. Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, located in southern Germany and erected in 1933; Nazi doctors and scientists used prisoners from this concentration camp as guinea pigs for experiments. The camp was liberated by American troops in April 1945.
an organized massacre of or attack on Jewish communities
term used in Nazi Germany to refer to non-Jewish and non-Roma (Gypsy) Caucasians; Northern Europeans with especially "Nordic" features such as blonde hair and blue eyes were considered by so-called race scientists to be the most superior of Aryans, members of a "master race."