Glossary - Definition to Word Flashcards
German politician and leader of the Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler
Hateful feelings, attitudes and actions towards the Jews
Anti-Semitism
The largest concentration and extermination camp.
Auschwitz
A camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions
Concentration Camp
To deprive of human qualities
Dehuminisation
Unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority
Discrimination
The study of methods of improving the quality of the human race
Eugenics
The act of killing someone painlessly, esp. to relieve suffering from an incurable illness
Euthanasia
A camp where people are imprisoned and killed
Extermination Camp
The code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
Final Solution
The killing of an entire cultural or racial group
Genocide
A section of a city where Jews had to live
Ghetto
Term used for the Nazi massacre of the Jews during World War II
Holocaust
To be set free from oppression, control or imprisonment
Liberation
National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). A political party that existed in Germany from 1920-1945
Nazi Party
The act of oppression, harassment, or maltreatment, esp. because of race, religion
Persecution
A violent riot aimed at massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group
Pogrom
A state or country in which a repressive government maintains control through the police
Police state
Intolerance of or dislike for people of a specific race, religion
Prejudice
Abusive or aggressive behaviour towards members of another race
Racism
A person who has fled from some danger or problem
Refugee
The act or an instance of resisting
Resistance
Someone on whom to heap the blame for others’ problems or mistakes
Scapegoat
Illegal organisations fighting for national liberty
Resistances
