Holocaust & Night Vocablulary Flashcards

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Adolf Hitler

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Nazi dictator during World War II

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Holocaust

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Catastrophic destruction, especially by fire

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Nazi

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The Nationalist Socialist workers party. Under the direction of Hitler, this fastest party can phentermine from 33 to 45

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The final solution

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Hitler’s term for solving the Jewish problem

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Aryan

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Superio culture (Caucasian) unpolluted by intermarried with Jews and other undesirables (mythical race of Indo-Europeans)

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Atrocities

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Extreme cruelty; barbaric behavior towards others

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The Nuremberg laws

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Laws made by the Nazi government that took away basic rights from Jewish people

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Scapegoat

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Something made to take blame for mistakes/sins of others Jews were scapegoat the problems in the German army

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Secret Service (SS)

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Official military police agency of the third reach led by Heinrich Himmler

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Gestapo

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The secret state police

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Concentration camp

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A place where people are contained actually death camps

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Death camps

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Camps that specialized in torture and extermination of “undesirables”

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Chelmo

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The first death camp

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Dachau

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“Training” concentration camp

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Auschwitz

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The worst death camp – in one day 46,000 people were killed this was on April 15, 1945

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Most Death camps were in Poland

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The polls were the most anti-Jewish of all European countries and would object the least

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Euthanasia

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Mercy killing killing done by relieving someone of his/her stuff this term is applied to the killing of the mentally and physically handicapped

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Zyklon B

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Poison used to kill rats and insects and letter to exterminate use this site I based gas pellet brought death in 3-D

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Gas chambers

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Rooms constructed to be airtight to that poison gas introduced into the room will kill large numbers of people

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Crematorium

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The bodies of newly murdered prisoners of camps were incinerated

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Kapo

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Prisoner in charge of worker crews

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Oberkapo

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Prisoner in charge of 700+ prisoners

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Relocation

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The term used by the Nazis describe moving “undesirables” to concentration camps

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Ghetto

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Where Jews are confined in cities prior to being relocated

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Call up
The notice that a Jewish person receive ordering him/her to report for relocation
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Genocide
The deliberate destruction of a cultural group
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World silence
Refusal of United Nations and world leaders to admit knowing about the Holocaust Roosevelt Churchill and the pope all new but did nothing
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Liberation
Being freed from captivity camps were liberated on D-Day June 6, 1944
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Synagogue
Jewish place of worship
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Talmud
Jewish holy book (rabbinic writings upon which Judaism is based)
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Hasidic
Mystical sect of Jews found in Poland. Strong followers of Jewish custom/edition
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Yom Kippur
Holiest Jewish holiday; day of atonement (fasting)
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Passover
Holiday celebration escape from Hebrews from Egypt March/April
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Rosh Hashanah
Jewish new year September
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Hanukkah
Festival of lights; celebrates the judge victory over Syria last eight days
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Kaddish
Daily Jewish prayer morning for the dead
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Cabbala
Secret doctrine of Jewish scripture (religious theory)