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Holocaust-related Vocabulary
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Literature
8th Grade
02/06/2017

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Term
Holocaust
Definition
an event or situation in which many people are killed and many things are destroyed especially by fire

Ex: the killing of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis during World War II
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Jews
Definition
People who are identified with the Jewish community or also as followers of the Jewish religion or culture
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Nazi
Definition
a member of a German political party that controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
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Concentration Camp
Definition
a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Ghetto
Definition
a part of a city in which members of a particular group or race live usually in poor conditions
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Labour Camp
Definition
a location that is seperated from the general population and is mostly used on prisoners which also involves forced labour
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Propaganda
Definition
ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, and a government
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Antisemitism
Definition
hatred of Jewish people
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Extermination Camp
Definition
systematically kill millions of Jews, Slavs and others whom the Nazis considered "Untermenschen", primarily by gassing
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Judenrein
Definition
from which Jews are excluded (originally with reference to organizations in Nazi Germany)
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