Holocaust Vocab Flashcards
Allies
Group of nations, the US, Great Britain, France, Soviet union fought against the Nazi Germany.
Anti-Semitism
extreme or irrational prejudice or discrimination against Jews
Aryans
People that Nazis considered to be of “pure” racial background
Asylum
Protection offered by a country to people trying to escape prosecution in their own country
Call-Up
Official notification that a person must report to Nazi authorities and be relocated often to a concentration camp
Deportation
The forced removal from a country, particularly the Nazi movement of Jews and other groups to ghettos and camps
Concentration camps
Prison camp. The inmates were political prisoners, Jews, Gypsies, and other “undesirable”
Emigrate
To leave a country
Fascist
Follower of a political belief that values the nation or race over the individual and supports a government led by a dictator
Genocide
Deliberate destruction of a an ethnic, racial, political, or religious groups
Gestapo
Nazi secret police
Ghetto
Section of a city where Jews were forced to live
Hitler
German dictator from 1933 to 1945. He founded the Nazi party
Mussolini
Ruler of Italy from 1922 to 1945. He founded the National Fascist Party
Nazi
Abbreviation for the National Socialist German Worker’s Party that ruled Germany from 1933-1945
Partisans
Resisters who tried to disrupt the Nazi’s plans through individual and group efforts
Persecution
Oppression or unjust treatment
Pogrom
Government approved massacre or attack or attack on minority community, generally referring to attacks
Propaganda
One-sided or biased information intended to help or hurt a cause
Ration books
Coupons issued for food supplies and other items. The amount for family was very limited
Refugee
One who leaves a country to escape unfair treatment or oppression
Regime
Government in power
Righteous Gentiles
Non-Jewish who risked their lives to save Jews during Holocaust
SS
Abbreviation for the German word “protective”
