holocaust vocab Flashcards
historical account written from personal documents
memoir
genocide
deliberate killing of a large number of people
birkenau
auschwitx II, large scale killing apparatus
nazi extermination camp (auschwitz)
buchenwald
plant that produced rubber and gasoline, used forced labor
buna
military organization responsible for genocidal murder
SS (schutzstaffel)
prisoner in a nazi camp asssigned by the SS to supervise forced labor
kapo
prayer jews recite in the memory of a loved one
kaddish
center of jewish worship in ancient times
temple
study of learning and colleciton of rabbi teachings
talmud
holiday celebrated for 8 days, recalls exodus of jewish people from egypt
passover
jewish new year, 10 day period of repenting nad divine judgement, ends with yom kippur
rosh hashanah
jewish day of atonement, fast day dedicated to prayer
yom kippur
red army
army and air force of russian soviet republic