vocab #2

Question 1

accountability

Answer 1

the fact or condition of being responsible

Question 2

antisemitism

Answer 2

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people

Question 3

appell

Answer 3

roll call; a German word

Question 4

bystander

Answer 4

a person present but not involved; a spectator or onlooker

Question 5

upstander

Answer 5

one who speaks or acts in support of an individual or cause, rather than stay silent

Question 6

bureaucracy

Answer 6

a system of government, characterized by excessively complicated administrative procedure

Question 7

collaborator

Answer 7

a person who cooperates with an enemy, a defector or traitor

Question 8

crematorium

Answer 8

ovens used to cremate or burn human corpses

Question 9

deportation

Answer 9

the lawful expulsion of an undesired foreigner or other person from a country

Question 10

dictator

Answer 10

someone who rules a country with complete power, has complete control over the armed forces, and destroys any political opposition

Question 11

displaced

Answer 11

lacking home or country; moved out of the usual or proper place

Question 12

fuhrer

Answer 12

Hitler’s title in Germany; a German word meaning “leader” or “guide”

Question 13

gentile

Answer 13

people of a non- Jewish nation or non- Jewish faith

Question 14

genocide

Answer 14

deliberate, systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

Question 15

ghetto

Answer 15

an area of a city, especially a very poor area, where people of a particular race or religion live closely together and apart from other people; refers to where Nazis forced Jews to reside