Holocaust Terms Flashcards
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Holocaust
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The organized annihilation of the Jews of Europe by Nazi Germany during WWII
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Adolf Hitler
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Head of the Nazi party
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Anti-Semitism
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A form of prejudice characterized by a hatred for the Jews
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Cabala/Kabbalah
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Jewish mysteries based on intuition or faith, not fact. A Jew could not study this until age 40
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Yom Kippur
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Holiest day on Jewish calendar on which Jews fast and ask God for forgiveness
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Rash Hashana
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Jewish New Yer
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Passover
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An 8-day festival commemorating the freeing of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage
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Torah
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Books of the Jewish (Hebrew) Bible
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Genocide
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An extermination of an entire race
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SS
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Nazi soldiers
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Gestapo
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Secret state police of Nazi Germany
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Red Army
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Russian Army
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Allies
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U.S., Great Britain, France
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Axis
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Germany, Italy, Japan
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Swastika
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The Nazi Emblem
