Holocaust & Night Vocablulary Flashcards
Adolf Hitler
Nazi dictator during World War II
Holocaust
Catastrophic destruction, especially by fire
Nazi
The Nationalist Socialist workers party. Under the direction of Hitler, this fastest party can phentermine from 33 to 45
The final solution
Hitler’s term for solving the Jewish problem
Aryan
Superio culture (Caucasian) unpolluted by intermarried with Jews and other undesirables (mythical race of Indo-Europeans)
Atrocities
Extreme cruelty; barbaric behavior towards others
The Nuremberg laws
Laws made by the Nazi government that took away basic rights from Jewish people
Scapegoat
Something made to take blame for mistakes/sins of others Jews were scapegoat the problems in the German army
Secret Service (SS)
Official military police agency of the third reach led by Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
The secret state police
Concentration camp
A place where people are contained actually death camps
Death camps
Camps that specialized in torture and extermination of “undesirables”
Chelmo
The first death camp
Dachau
“Training” concentration camp
Auschwitz
The worst death camp – in one day 46,000 people were killed this was on April 15, 1945
Most Death camps were in Poland
The polls were the most anti-Jewish of all European countries and would object the least
Euthanasia
Mercy killing killing done by relieving someone of his/her stuff this term is applied to the killing of the mentally and physically handicapped
Zyklon B
Poison used to kill rats and insects and letter to exterminate use this site I based gas pellet brought death in 3-D
Gas chambers
Rooms constructed to be airtight to that poison gas introduced into the room will kill large numbers of people
Crematorium
The bodies of newly murdered prisoners of camps were incinerated
Kapo
Prisoner in charge of worker crews
Oberkapo
Prisoner in charge of 700+ prisoners
Relocation
The term used by the Nazis describe moving “undesirables” to concentration camps
Ghetto
Where Jews are confined in cities prior to being relocated
Call up
The notice that a Jewish person receive ordering him/her to report for relocation
Genocide
The deliberate destruction of a cultural group
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
Liberation
Being freed from captivity camps were liberated on D-Day June 6, 1944
Synagogue
Jewish place of worship
Talmud
Jewish holy book (rabbinic writings upon which Judaism is based)
Hasidic
Mystical sect of Jews found in Poland. Strong followers of Jewish custom/edition
Yom Kippur
Holiest Jewish holiday; day of atonement (fasting)
Passover
Holiday celebration escape from Hebrews from Egypt March/April
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish new year September
Hanukkah
Festival of lights; celebrates the judge victory over Syria last eight days
Kaddish
Daily Jewish prayer morning for the dead
Cabbala
Secret doctrine of Jewish scripture (religious theory)