Glossary- Holocaust

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Adolf Hitler

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German politician and leader of the Nazi Party

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Anti- Semitism

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Hateful feelings, attitudes and actions towards the Jews

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Auschwitz

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The largest concentration and extermination camp

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Concentration Camp

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A camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions

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Dehumanisation

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To deprive of human qualities

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Discrimination

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Unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority

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Eugenics

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The study of methods of improving the quality of the human race

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Euthanasia

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The act of killing someone painlessly, esp. to relieve suffering from an incurable illness

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Extermination camp

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A camp where people are imprisoned and killed

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Final Solution

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The code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews

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Genocide

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The killing of an entire cultural of racial group

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Ghetto

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A section of a city where Jews had to live

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Holocaust

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Term used for the Nazi massacre of the Jews during WW2

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Liberation

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To be set free from oppression, control or imprisonment

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Nazi Party

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National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). A political party that existed in Germany from 1920-1945.

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Persecution

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The act of oppression, harassment, or maltreatment, esp. because of race and religion

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Pogrom

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A violent riot aimed at massacre of persecution of an ethnic or religious group

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Police State

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A state or country in which a repressive government maintains control through the police.

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Prejudice

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Intolerance of or dislike for people of a specific race, religion

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Racism

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Abusive or aggressive behavior towards members of another race

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Refugee

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A person who has fled from some danger or problem

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Resistance

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The act or an instance of resisting

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Scapegoat

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Someone on whom to heap the blame for others’ problems or mistakes