Details Title: "Night" vocabulary Description: 12 Holocaust Words Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 04/05/2009 17:45:27		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional English Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Torah Definition the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (24/3) Term Rosh Hashanah Definition Jewish new year Term Yom Kippur Definition Holiest day of Jewish calendar - day in which every individual is judged by God Term Passover Definition 8 day festival commemorating the freeing of the Israelites from the Egyptians. no work Seder or last 2 days of holiday Term assimilation Definition to accept the culture of another group while giving up one's own Term Ghetto Definition section of a city in which Jews were required to live surrounded by walls Term genocide Definition intention is the total annihilation of a race or ethnic group Term Holocaust Definition greek root "burnt whole" Term Third Reich Definition third republic of Germany (Hitler) Term SS Definition "schutz-staffel" concentration camp guards Term Gestapo Definition secret police organized in 1933 to uncover and undermine political opposition Term selection Definition term used when SS forced prisoners to line up for inspection and decided who would live