Holocaust Terms (Test 3/27) Flashcards
Antisemitism
Opposition to and discrimination against the Jews.
Aryan
Nazi racial theory, a person of pure German “blood” - blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin.
Assimilation
The process of becoming incorporated into mainstream society.
Auschwitz
A complex consisting of concentration, extermination, and labor camps in Poland. Largest concentration camp.
Bergen Belsen
Nazi concentration camp in northwestern Germany. Anne Frank died here.
Buchenwald
Concentration camp in North Central Germany.
Dachau
Concentration camp in Germany.
Concentration Camp
Prisons used without regard to accepted norms of arrest and detention. Essential part of Nazi systematic oppression.
Crematorium
A place in the concentration camps, where the Nazis would burn the dead bodies of the Jewish people.
Death marches
Forced marches of prisoners over long distances and under intolerable conditions. Usually performed from one ghetto/concentration camp to another ghetto/concentration camp.
Dehumanization
The Nazi policy of denying Jews basic civil rights, such as practicing religion, education, and having adequate housing.
Final Solution
A Nazi euphemism for the plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe.
Gas chambers
Large chambers in which people were executed by poison gas.
Genocide
The deliberate and systematic destruction of racial, political, cultural, or religious groups.
Gestapo
Secret State Police - used brutal methods to investigate and suppress resistance to Nazi rule within Germany. After 1939, expanded operations into Nazi-occupied Europe.