Terms

Question 1

Identity

Answer 1

The fact of being who or what a person or thing is

Question 2

Justice

Answer 2

Just behavior or treatment

Question 3

Minority

Answer 3

The smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole

Question 4

Dilemna

Answer 4

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable

Question 5

Massacre

Answer 5

An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people

Question 6

Accountability

Answer 6

The fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility

Question 7

Fact

Answer 7

A thing that is known or proved to be true

Question 8

Opinion

Answer 8

A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

Question 9

Belief

Answer 9

An acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof

Question 10

Kristallnacht

Answer 10

The night of November 9-10 1938 when German Nazis attacked the Jewish people and their property

Question 11

holocaust

Answer 11

Killing or destruction by fire

Question 12

Holocaust

Answer 12

Systematix, state-sponsored murder of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany and others from 1941-45

Question 13

Genocide

Answer 13

The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

Question 14

Propaganda

Answer 14

Information, especially of a biased misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

Question 15

Anti-semitism

Answer 15

A certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward the Jews

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Prejudice

Answer 16

A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Question 17

Othering

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The act of treating someone as though they are not part of a group and are different in some way

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Stereotype

Answer 18

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

Question 19

Einsatzgruppen

Answer 19

Units of the Nazi security forces composed of members of the SS, the Sicherheitspolizei, and the Ordnungspolizei that acted as a mobile killing unit in WW2

Question 20

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 20

Legal regulations designed by Adolf Hitler that restricted and deprived Jews from their rights

Question 21

Volksgemeinschaft

Answer 21

A German expression meaning “people’s/folk/national/racial community”

Question 22

Universe of Obligation

Answer 22

A group of individuals that society recognises that needs and deserves to be treated morally and with respect and dignity

Question 23

UN Convention of the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide

Answer 23

A convention that states that genocide is a crime. The convention says, “Genocide is a crime that can take place both in the time of war as well as in time of peace”.