ala vocab

Question 1

Holocaust

Answer 1

the mass slaughter of European civilians, especially Jews, by the Nazis during WWII

Question 2

Antisemitism

Answer 2

hostility or discrimination against Jewish people

Question 3

Xenophobia

Answer 3

fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners

Question 4

Ethnocentrism

Answer 4

characterized by or based on the attitude that one’s own group is superior

Question 5

Disinformation

Answer 5

False information intended to mislead people, especially propaganda used by a government/organization

Question 6

Genocide

Answer 6

The deliberate killing of a large group of people due to ethnicity, nationality, or religion

Question 7

Persecution

Answer 7

Hostility and ill treatment toward a certain group, especially because of race or religious affiliation

Question 8

Gestapo

Answer 8

The Secret State Police (S.S.) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.

Question 9

Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass)

Answer 9

A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout Germany: stores, buildings, and synagogues were destroyed. November 9-10, 1938

Question 10

Allies

Answer 10

BIG THREE: United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union (French Resistance)

Question 11

Scapegoat

Answer 11

A person or group blamed for crimes committed by others

Question 12

Fascism

Answer 12

A radical, authoritative form of government that focuses on nationalism (a love of country). Often led by a dictator.

Question 13

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 13

Antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany, which were introduced on September 15th, 1935 by the German government at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party.

Question 14

Nuremberg Trials

Answer 14

Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. A series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945-1949. Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) committed suicide and was never brought to trial.

Question 15

Indicted

Answer 15

Formally accused or charged with a serious crime.

Question 16

Mein Kampf

Answer 16

An autobiography by Hitler, meaning “My Struggle.” In it, he outlined his plan for Germany & his Final Solution: annihilating all of the Jews in Europe.

Question 17

Star of David

Answer 17

a six-pointed figure consisting of two interlaced equilateral triangles, used as a Jewish and Israeli symbol.

Question 18

Concentration Camp

Answer 18

a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.

Question 19

Gentile

Answer 19

not Jewish.

Question 20

Aryan

Answer 20

in Nazi ideology) of or denoting white non-Jewish people, especially those of northern European origin or descent typically having blond hair and blue eyes and regarded as a supposedly superior racial group.
“Adolf Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy”
noun

Question 21

Kristallnacht

Answer 21

The second night in the broken glass

Question 22

Liberated

Answer 22

(of a place or people) freed from imprisonment, slavery, or enemy occupation.
“liberated areas of the country”