IPIWT Vocab Flashcards
Debase
To lower in character, quality, value, or degrade.
Dehumanization
The process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities.
Imminent
Ready to take place, hanging threateningly over one’s head.
Antisemitism
Hostility/ and or prejudice against Jews.
Kristallnacht
Most infamous and violent pogam, taking place the night of 11/9/39. Know as “The Night of Broken Glass.”
Mandatory
Required by law
Pious
Devoutly religious
Pogroms
Violent mob attack against the Jews, by killing or destruction of homes, properties, and others.
Quota
Limit of specific number that needs to be met, in this case, a limit to let people enter a country.
Zionist
Person part of Jewish movement sought to re-establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Deprived
To remove or withhold something from enjoyment or possession of a person.
Reichstag
Germany’s parliament (government)
Denounced
Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
Restrictions
A limiting condition measure, especially a legal one.
Ghettos
Established in WW2 in hundreds of locations across Poland, sections used to scare Jewish people with a prison-like atmosphere.
Essential
Absolutely necessity, extremely important.
Bewilderment
Completely puzzled or confused, perplexed.
Genocide
Deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethic group with an aim of destroying that nation.
Liquidation
To do away with.
Blitzkreig
Military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces though concentrated firepower.
