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"Night" vocabulary
12 Holocaust Words
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English
10th Grade
04/05/2009

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Torah
Definition
the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (24/3)
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Rosh Hashanah
Definition
Jewish new year
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Yom Kippur
Definition
Holiest day of Jewish calendar - day in which every individual is judged by God
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Passover
Definition
8 day festival commemorating the freeing of the Israelites from the Egyptians. no work Seder or last 2 days of holiday
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assimilation
Definition
to accept the culture of another group while giving up one's own
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Ghetto
Definition
section of a city in which Jews were required to live surrounded by walls
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genocide
Definition
intention is the total annihilation of a race or ethnic group
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Holocaust
Definition
greek root "burnt whole"
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Third Reich
Definition
third republic of Germany (Hitler)
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SS
Definition
"schutz-staffel" concentration camp guards
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Gestapo
Definition
secret police organized in 1933 to uncover and undermine political opposition
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selection
Definition
term used when SS forced prisoners to line up for inspection and decided who would live
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