Anne Frank Vocab 2 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Black Market
Underground activity of illegal buying/selling goods and currency. It flourished due to food and product shortages in WWII
Resistance
Underground movement groups who stood in opposition to the Nazis
Yellow Star of David
Symbol that Jews were forced to wear on clothing in Nazi territories
Call up Notice
Letter from Nazis that commanded the receiver to go to a location, most likely a concentration camp.
Concentration Camp
Nazi guarded areas of imprisoned Jews and other “undesirables”
Auschwitz-Birkenau
In Poland, the largest of the concentration camps and site of over 1 million murders, 90% Jews
Bergen-Belsen
Designed as a camp for political prisoners being held for exchange. It converted to concentration camp in 1944. Where Anne and Margot Frank died
Green Police
German uniformed police force who patrolled streets to maintain order
Gestapo
German secret police who used terror and torture in interrogations
SS
Black shorted elite uniformed guard of Hitler and officials who also ran concentration camps