Vocab Flashcards
Hasidic
Referring to a branch of Judaism that promotes spirituality through mysticism
Synagogue
Place of worship for Jewish people
Kabbalah
Jewish tradition of interpreting the Bible using mysticism
Mysticism
Belief that closeness to a divine deity can be achieved through contemplation and surrender
Zohar
Chief Jewish text of the Kabbalah
Gestapo
Official secret police of Nazi Germany
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year festival
Zionism
Movement advocating for the reestablishment and development of a Jewish homeland
Fascist
Person who follows fascism; belief that needs of a nation are greater than personal liberty; authoritarian form of government
Anti-Semitic
Having ill or violent feelings towards the Jewish people
Passover
Jewish Spring festival celebrating the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt
Ghettos
Places where Jews were held during the early parts of the Holocaust; separate from regular communities
Red Army
Nickname of the Soviet (Russian) Army during WW2
Rabbi
Jewish scholar who often studies Jewish law
Auschwitz
Location of a Nazi concentration camp
Birkenau
Name of concentration camp located at Auschwitz
Kaddish
Ancient Jewish prayer sequence
Gypsy
Member of an ethnic group referred to as gypsies; known for traveling throughout Europe; and speak Romany
Concentration camp
The camps used by Nazis to detain and murder Jews
Crematorium
Place where corpses are cremated (incinerated)
Aryan
Name of the ethnic group Hitler believed to be the superior race; not of Jewish descent
Himmler
Leading member of the Nazi party
Yom Kippur
A ten day religious fast that begins with Rosh Hashanah
Dysentery
An infection of the intestines that leads to severe diarrhea
Talmud
Jewish text outlining sacred and civil laws
