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| the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsered persecution and murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime |
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| The deliberate and systematic destruction of an entire people who belong to one racial, political, cultural, or religious group. |
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| Prejudice and discrimmination against Jews as a religious or racial group. |
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| An adverse opinion formed without just grounds or before sufficient knoledge; preconceived judgement or opinion. |
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| The act of making a difference in treatment or behavior on a basis other than individual merit; to pervceive a difference and to treat differently based on those perceptions. |
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| The place of worship and communal center for a Jewish congregation. |
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| A German theologian (one who studies god) who led the Reformation and founded Protestantism (a form of Christianity). |
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| Abbreviation for the German word Sturmabteilung, meaning Storm Troopers. A private Nazi army separate from the regular German army. Its members were average Germans. They had very little power after the early years of Nazi rule. They were called "brownshirts" because of the color of their uniforms |
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| The Fuhrer (leader or chief) of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945 |
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| Abbreviation for Nazionalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, translated as the National Socialist German Worker's party-- the Nazis. The government of Geremany and the only political party allowed from 1933-1945. No opposition was permitted on pain of inprisonment or death. |
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| The Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of Christianity. Most Christians revere Jesus Christ as the incarnation of God (circa 4BC-AD 29). |
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| The religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Eastern, Roman Catholic, and Protestant Bodies. |
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| One whose religion is Judaism |
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| A religion developed among the ancient Hebrews and characterized by belief in one transcendant God who has revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with the Scriptures and rabbinic traditions. |
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| The period of European history from about AD 500- 1500 |
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| The false accusation that Jews murdered Christians, especially their children, in order to us etheir blood during religious ceremonies. |
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| Lending money and charging interest, especially at a high rate. |
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| A brief, planned surprise attack against a defenseless Jewish community. |
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| Any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims. |
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| The religious faith of the Muslims including the belief in Allah as the sole diety (god) and in Muhammad as his prophet. |
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| To violate the sacred character of a place or language. |
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| The Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ |
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| Author of the book "The Triumph of Jewry of Germanism". He was the first to use the phrase "antisemitism". The introduction of that phrase marked an important change in the history of the Jewish persecution because Jews were now thought of as a race for the 1st time. |
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| Certain kinds of languages spoken in some parts of the world; also referred to people mostly in northern Europe who are often tall, blond, and blue-eyed. Hitler and his followers believed Ayrans were a superior or "master race", and that Germans were the best example. There is no such thing as an Ayran race, but that did not change their belief. |
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| Forms of ceremony and etiquette (proper manners and conduct) observed by diplomats and heads of state. |
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| Zion is an ancient Hebrew designation for Jerusalem, but already in biblical times, it began to symbolize the national homeland. In this latter sense, it served as a focus for Jewish national-religious hopes of renewal over the centuries. |
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| The process of making documents with the intent to deceive. |
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| A book writen by Hitler that would become the bible of the Nazi movement. Its title translates to "My struggle" |
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| Chosen by Hitler to be his successor, he was the number-two man in Germany |
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| The Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in Germany. Everything printed in Germany had to pass his censorship. |
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| Ideas, facts, allegations, or rumors spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause |
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| The practice to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered undesirable. |
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