Shane's Vocab 5.9

Question 1

surname

Answer 1

last name

Question 2

expelled

Answer 2

to force out

Question 3

deportees

Answer 3

one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation

Question 4

Gestapo

Answer 4

secret police of Nazi Germany

Question 5

exterminate

Answer 5

to get rid of completely usually by killing off

Question 6

Holocaust

Answer 6

the mass slaughter of European civilians, esp. Jews, by the Nazis in WWII

Question 7

Fuhrer

Answer 7

tyrannical leader

Question 8

anti-semetic

Answer 8

feeling or showing hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a cultural, racial, or ethnic group

Question 9

concentration camp

Answer 9

a place where large numbers of people are detained or confined under armed guards

Question 10

Kristallnacht

Answer 10

the night of broken glass

Question 11

euthanasia

Answer 11

mercy killing

Question 12

atrocities

Answer 12

a shockingly bad or atrocious act or situation

Question 13

genocide

Answer 13

the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

Question 14

penury

Answer 14

a cramping and oppressive lack of resources such as money

Question 15

prejudice

Answer 15

preconceived judgment or opinion

Question 16

Jewish ghettos

Answer 16

places where Jewish people were forced to live

Question 17

anguish

Answer 17

extreme pain, distress, or anxiety

Question 18

premonition

Answer 18

previous notice or warning

Question 19

haggard

Answer 19

wild in appearance

Question 20

deportation

Answer 20

the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial