Holocaust Flashcards
Anti-Semitism
Hostility or prejudice against Jews.
Auschwitz
One of the largest concentration camps created by the Nazi Germans in Auschwitz, Poland.
Concentration Camp
A place where large number of people are imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities
Dehumanisation
To deprive of human qualities or attributes.
Discrimination
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people.
Extermination Camp
A camp designed by Nazi Germany used to systematically kill people.
Final Solution
The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews.
Genocide
The deliberate killing of a large group of people.
Ghetto
The Jewish quarter of a city.
Holocaust
The mass murder of approximately six million Jews between 1941-1945.
Liberation
The act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery or oppression.
Nazi
A political party that ruled Germany between 1933-1945.
Prejudice
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Racism
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.
Refugee
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution etc.
