Night Terms

Question 1

Judaism

Answer 1

the monotheistic religion of the Jewish people.

Question 2

Antisemitism

Answer 2

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.

Question 3

Adolf Hitler

Answer 3

The leader of the Nazi party, wanted to anilate all Jews. Took control of Germany and wanted a single race to rule the world.

Question 4

Fascism

Answer 4

a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government.

Question 5

Genocide

Answer 5

wiping out all the people of a specific race.

Question 6

holocaust

Answer 6

the mass destruction of the Jewish people

Question 7

Nazi Party

Answer 7

A group led by Adolf Hitler who took control of Germany’s government emphasizing racism, nationalism, and genocide

Question 8

Hasidic

Answer 8

Hasidism is a sub-group within Haredi Judaism and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement’s own unique emphases – and the traditions of Central and Eastern European Jews. Very strict.

Question 9

Synagogue

Answer 9

a place of Jewish worship

Question 10

Deportee/ Deportation

Answer 10

a person who has been or is being expelled from a country.

Question 11

Deportee/ Deportation

Answer 11

a person who has been or is being expelled from a country.

Question 12

Edict

Answer 12

an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

Question 13

Ghetto

Answer 13

put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.

Question 14

oppresive

Answer 14

unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, especially on a minority or other subordinate group.

Question 15

abyss

Answer 15

a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.

Question 16

crematorium

Answer 16

turning someone to ashes

Question 17

concentration camps

Answer 17

a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.

Question 18

humane

Answer 18

having or showing compassion or benevolence.

Question 19

redemption

Answer 19

the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

Question 20

infirmary

Answer 20

a place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill.

Question 21

dysentery

Answer 21

severe infection of the intenstines

Question 22

Beadle