the holocaust Flashcards
what is yiddish
a form of german spoken by jews at the time of ww2
what is a shtetl
a town or village with a large jewish population
what is assimilation
being a part of wider society and culture
what is anti semistism
discrimination towards jewish people
what is prejudice
pre judge, to dislike something without good reason
what is discrimination
unjust treatment of different categories of people
what is a scapegoat
a person blamed for wrongdoings of other people
example of scapegoat
jewish people being blamed for the loss of world war one
what is a ghetto
a part of a city occupied by a minority group or groups
what was kristallnacht
night of broken glass, program against jews carried out by nazis where jewish houses, businesses and synagogues where smashed, destroyed or blown up.
what is radicalisation
causing someone to adopt radical positions on political or social issues.
what were the nuremberg trials
13 trials carried out to bring nazi war crimes to justice
what is a boycott
a voluntary distancing from a product or person as protest
what was operation barbarossa
hitters invasion of the soviet union
what is a bystander
someone who is present at an event or incident but does not take part
what is liberation
setting someone or something free from imprisonment, slavery or oppression
what where the nuremberg laws
antisemitic laws enforced by nazis
where did jewish people live in europe before ww2
6 million jews lived in eastern eurpoe
where was the largest population of jewish people before ww2
Warsaw
what ‘reasons’ where given for anti semitism?
people believed jews became rich by scamming and taking their jobs. they also thought the bible states that jews killed jesus.
what was the holocaust
The genocide (mass killing) of jews during world war two
what where conditions like in ghettos
not enough food, disease spread fast and there where around 7 people per room.
