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Genocide Crossword

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A semi-autobiographical book written by Adolf Hitler to promote anti-Semitism, the superiority of the Aryan race, and the Nazi plans to conquer Eastern Europe and Soviet Russia.
An isolated, slum-like living space for Jewish people to stay before they were sent to concentration camps. One of the most famous areas was in Krakow, Poland.
This woman’s first name is Vera and she was a Holocaust survivor. Nazis stole many of her family processions and she was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Allendorf.
Hitler’s military operation to invade and conquer the Soviet Union that began on June 22nd, 1941.
The core international humanitarian law, which regulates the conduct of armed conflict and seeks to limit its effect, specifically as it relates to civilians and those no longer participating in war.
The largest concentration and extermination camp established by the Nazis. Between 1940 and 1945, it is estimated that 1.1 million people were murdered at this camp.
This individual coined the original definition of genocide.
The killing or expulsion of an unwanted ethnic or religious group. This term has not been recognized as an independent crime under international law and has no precise legal definition.
An abbreviation for a tribunal at Nuremberg that took place beginning in 1945 to punish Nazi war criminals. This was the first modern war crimes tribunal. Among those charged at this tribunal were Hermann Goering (Hitler’s heir designate) and Rudolf Hess (deputy leader of the Nazi Party).
Coined by the Rome Statute for International Criminal Court, Article 7 in 1998, this term refers to any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population including: murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, rape, persecution, enforced disappearance, apartheid, or other suffering.
"The Night of Broken Glass” was a nationwide pogrom meant to terrorize Jewish communities in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. It took place on November 9th and 10th of 1938.
The Nazi policy of Jewish extermination that took place during the Holocaust. SS chief Heinrich Himmler created this “Solution”.
A code governing the conduct of soldiers during wartime to protect civilians and their property.
The far right wing political party also known as the National Socialist German Workers’ Party that was active in Germany from 1920 to 1945.
The UN Human Rights Commission describes this term as serious breaches of international humanitarian law committed against civilians or enemy combatants during an international or domestic armed conflict.
Hard factual ideas.
In Republic of Austria v. Altmann, the Supreme Court case that determined this act would apply retroactively. This case allowed Maria Altmann to continue her lawsuit in the Federal District Courts of Los Angeles.
Hitler’s art museum filled with degenerate art, specifically old Masters paintings. Hitler most likely created this museum as retribution for his rejection to art school as a young student.
Unitary political entities that exercise sovereign authority over a clearly demarcated area.
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Information used to manipulate or influence an audience. The Nazi Party used this as a tactic to inflame anti-Semitism in Germany before and during the Holocaust.
A type of camp used to detain people under harsh conditions. The Nazi regime sent Jewish people, political prisoners, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals and other “dangerous people” to these camps.
A convention in which the first formal laws and customs of war were decided by the international community.
Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part a national, ethnical, racial or religious group: killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm, creating conditions to bring about the physical destruction of the group, preventing births or transferring children to another group.
Fluid customs and practices.
A conference convened by Hitler of SS officers and the Nazi High Command to determine the best way to carry out the Final Solution against the Jewish people.
Scholars who believe that the extermination of the Jews was always the intention of Hitler and the Nazi party.
A Jewish survivor of the Holocaust who became a Nazi hunter after the war. His first name is Simon and there is a Holocaust research center in Los Angeles named after him.
The rules and norms governing states and the ocean.
A binding obligation composed of rules and norms.
Scholars who believe that the Holocaust was not the initial intention of the Nazi Party, but the ultimate decision deep into the Second World War around 1941 or 1942.
An Austrian-American Jewish woman who fled her country after the Nazis occupied Austria. After the war, she fought a challenging legal battle and eventually reclaimed five family-owned Gustav Klimt paintings that had been stolen by the Nazis.
This statute that established the International Criminal Court and outlined the ICC’s jurisdiction, rules, and procedures.
The systematic and state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime that took place between 1939 and 1941.
A set of laws created by the Nazis to make Jews second class citizens and revoke their political rights
The German politician who led the Nazi Party. He served as the chancellor for Germany from 1933 to 1945.
A permanent international court established to investigate, prosecute, and try individuals accused of committing the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.