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Title: "Night" vocabulary

Description: 12 Holocaust Words

Total Flash Cards: 12

Created: 04/05/2009 17:45:27

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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