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Pogrom

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A violent, organized attack or massacre directed at a specific ethnic, religious, or cultural group, especially Jews, often involving looting, killing, and destruction

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Scapegoat

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A person or group that is unfairly blamed for problems or wrongdoings, often to divert attention from the real causes or to deflect responsibility.

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Kristallnacht
(Night of Broken Glass)

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A violent pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany on November 9-10, 1938, during which synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses were destroyed, and thousands of Jews were arrested or killed

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The Pale

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A region in imperial Russia, established in the late 18th century, where Jews were required to live.
(Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and parts of Russia)

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Kitty Hart-Moxon

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A Holocaust survivor who was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau at the age of 16 and later became an educator and author dedicated to sharing her experiences to combat racism and preserve the memory of the Holocaust

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Eva Mozes Kor

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A Holocaust survivor and Mengele twin experiment victim who later became a powerful advocate for forgiveness, education, and healing, founding the CANDLES Holocaust Museum

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Alice Herz-Sommer

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A Holocaust survivor and pianist who found strength through music while imprisoned in Theresienstadt, later becoming the world’s oldest known survivor

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Elie Weisel (Transport/ Night)

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A Holocaust survivor, author of the memoir Night, which recounts his deportation to Auschwitz and Buchenwald
(Nobel Peace Prize-winning advocate for human rights)

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Minister of Propaganda

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Joseph Goebbels

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Leader of the Luftwaffe, Founder of Gestapo

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Herman Göring

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Controlled the SS

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Heinrich Himmler

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Controlled the Gestapo

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Heinrich Himmler

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Controlled the SA before getting shot

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Ernst Röhm

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Deputy Führer

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Rudolph Hess

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Controlled the SD and Einsatzgruppen

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Reinhard Heydrick

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Hitler’s Private Secretary

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Martin Bormann

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Major Holocaust Perpetrator “The Excutioner”

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Adolf Eichmann

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Leader of Germany, Führer

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Adolf Hitler

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Doctor of Aushwitz

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Josef Mengele

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Auschwitz Commandant

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Rudolf Hess

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The German Race

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Aryan

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The Act of Spreading German Race

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Arynization

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Mein Kampf

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Hitler’s Manifesto Book “My Struggle”

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Stabbed in the Back “Myth”

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The Germans didn’t lose WW1 on the battlefield but because of the Jews back home.

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Anti- Semitism
hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.
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Boycott of Jewish Businesses
Boycott aimed to intimidate Germany's Jews and discourage the German public from shopping at Jewish businesses. (Discrimination)
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Nuremberg Laws
Forbade marriage or sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews. Prevented Jews from hiring German women under 45 as household help Stripped Jews of German citizenship and civil rights. Declared that only people of "German or related blood" could be citizens
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Einsatzgruppen
Nazi killing squads that followed the German army and murdered Jews, Roma, and others during World War II.
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Rumbola Massacre
Mass killing of 25,000 Jews near Riga, Latvia, by the Einsatzgruppen (November - December 1941)
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Babi Yar Massacre
Mass killing of over 33,000 Jews by the Einsatzgruppen in just two days near Kyiv, Ukraine,
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Ghettos
Closed-off areas where Nazis forced Jews to live
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Righteous Among the Nations
Title given by Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews
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Yad Vashem
Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust
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Knesset
The parliament of Israel (Makes Israel's Laws)
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Oskar Schindler
German businessman who saved about 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories.
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Warsaw Ghetto
The largest Jewish ghetto in Poland, where over 400,000 Jews were confined.
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Thereusenstadt (Ghetto/Camp)
A Nazi ghetto and concentration camp located in Czechoslovakia. It was used as a propaganda tool to deceive the world into believing Jews were being treated well
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Liquidation
The systematic extermination or deportation of Jews from ghettos or camps, often meaning the end of the ghetto's existence
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Judenraete/ Judenrat (Jewish Council)
Jewish councils established by the Nazis in ghettos to enforce Nazi orders, such as organizing forced labor, rounding up Jews for deportation, and maintaining order under extreme pressure.
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Wansee Conference
A meeting held on January 20, 1942, in which Nazi officials discussed the “Final Solution”, the systematic extermination of Jews in Europe (Led by Reinhard Heydrich)
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Final Solution
The Nazi plan for the systematic extermination of Jews during the Holocaust
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Deportation
The forced transportation of Jews from ghettos and homes to concentration camps, extermination camps, or labor camps
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Death Marches
Forced marches of prisoners from Nazi camps to other locations, often in the winter, where many died from exposure, exhaustion, or execution. (Near end of the war)
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Selection
Process used in Nazi concentration and extermination camps where SS officers would decide who would be sent to forced labor and who would be immediately killed in gas chambers
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Aushwitz - Birkenau
The largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp located in Poland. It was responsible for the deaths of over 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, through gas chambers, forced labor, and starvation.
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Treblinka
A Nazi extermination camp in Poland, where approximately 870,000 Jews were murdered, primarily through gas chambers
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Dachau/ Buchenwald conditions on Liberation
Dachau: Upon liberation by U.S. forces on April 29, 1945, the camp held thousands of sick, starving prisoners. The barracks were overcrowded, and many prisoners were near death due to malnutrition, disease, and exhaustion Buchenwald: Liberated by U.S. troops on April 11, 1945, it had similar conditions. Survivors were severely weakened by starvation, disease, and brutal treatment.
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Carbon Monoxide/ Gas Vans
Carbon monoxide gas vans were mobile killing units used by the Nazis to murder victims by asphyxiation through exhaust fumes. (Practically the same thing)
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Zyklon B
A cyanide-based pesticide used by the Nazis in gas chambers to exterminate millions of Jews and others in concentration camps
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Crematorium
A facility used to burn the bodies of victims, often after they were killed in gas chambers.
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Kapo
A prisoner in Nazi concentration camps who was appointed by the SS to oversee fellow prisoners, often in charge of forced labor details.
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Kommando
A labor unit in Nazi concentration camps, typically composed of prisoners forced to work under harsh conditions, such as in construction, maintenance, or factory work.
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Nuremberg Trials
A series of military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute key Nazi leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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London Court/ Charter of the International Military Tribunal
Established the legal framework for the Nuremberg Trials, defining, War crimes Crimes against humanity Crimes against peace
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Crimes Against Peace
The planning, initiating, and waging of aggressive war in violation of international law,
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Crimes Against Humanity
Refer to widespread or systematic acts of violence or persecution committed against civilians, such as genocide, enslavement, torture, or extermination
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War Crimes
Serious violations of the laws and customs of war, including acts like killing prisoners of war, targeting civilians, torture, or destroying civilian property
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Conspiracy to Commit "all the crimes'
A charge in the Nuremberg Trials that held individuals accountable for conspiring to plan, initiate, or commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace
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Simultaneous Interpretation
A method of interpreting spoken language in real-time

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