Western Anit-Semitism and Holocaust

Question 1

Usury

Answer 1

the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

Question 2

Ghetto

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Pogrom

Answer 3

an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.

Question 4

Cosmopolitan

Answer 4

familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures.

Question 5

Internationalism

Answer 5

The condition or quality of being international in character, principles, concern, or attitude.

Question 6

Dreyfus Affair

Answer 6

The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided France from its inception in 1894 until its resolution in 1906

Question 7

Racial, Ethnic, “biological”, anti-Semitism

Answer 7

hatred of Jews

Question 8

Parasite-contamination

Answer 8

none

Question 9

Concentration Camps

Answer 9

Used to hold and torture political opponents and union organizers, the camps held around 45,000 prisoners by 1933 and were greatly expanded after the Reichstag fire of that year.

Question 10

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 10

antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany introduced at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party

Question 11

Kristallnacht (night of Broken glass)

Answer 11

was a pogrom (a series of coordinated attacks) against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 9–10 November 1938, carried out by SA paramilitary forces and non-Jewish civilians

Question 12

Madagascar

Answer 12

The Madagascar Plan was a proposal of the Nazi government of Germany to relocate the Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar.

Question 13

Final Solution extermination camps

Answer 13

the systematic gassing of millions of Jews—was put into place primarily by the top Gestapo brass, namely Adolph Eichmann and Reinhardt Heidrich.

Question 14

religious (Christian) Anti-Semitism

Answer 14

form of antisemitism, which is the prejudice against, or hostility toward, the Jewish people based on hostility to Judaism and to Jews as a religious group

Question 15

Reasons to exclude Jews

Answer 15

1. Nationalism
2. Industrial Capitalism
3. Socialism/Communism/Marxism

Question 16

Zionism

Answer 16

A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-Semitism and sought to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Modern Zionism is concerned with the support and development of the state of Israel.