Glossary

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Anti-Semitism

Answer 1

Extreme or irrational prejudice or discrimination against Jews.

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Aryans

Answer 2

People the Nazis considered to be of “pure.”

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Asylum

Answer 3

Protection offered by a country to people trying to escape.

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Call-up

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Official notification that a person must report to Nazi authorities.

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Concentration camps

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Prison camps of death camps for the Jews.

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Deportation

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The forced removal from a country.

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Emigrate

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To leave a country.

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Fascist

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Follower of political belief.

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Genocide

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Deliberate destruction of an ethnic, racial, political, or religious group.

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Gestapo

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Nazi secret police.

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Ghetto

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Sections of a city where Jews were forced to live in.

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Allies

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Group of nations—-including the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.

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Hitler

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German dictator from 1933 to 1945. He founded the Nazi party.

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Mussolini

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Ruler of Italy from 1922 to 1945. He founded the National Fascist Party.

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Nazi

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Abbreviation for National Socialist German Workers Party that rules Germany

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Partisans

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Resisters who tried to disrupt the Nazis plan.

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Persecution

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Oppression or unjust treatment.

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Pogrom

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Government-approved massacre or attack on a minority community. Stacks on Hewish people.

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Propaganda

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One-sided or biased information intended to help of hurt a cause.

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Ration books

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Coupons issued by the government for food and other supplies.

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Refugee

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One who leaves a country to escape unfair treatment.

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Regime

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Government in power

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Righteous Gentiles

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Non-Jews who risked their lives to save the Jews

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SS

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Abbreviation for German word Schuzstaffel.

It means protective squads.

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Third Reich

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Names of German government under Adolf Hitler. (Third Empire)

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Typhus

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Deadly disease often transmitted by body lice and marked by high fever.

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Underground

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In hiding

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Zionist Movement

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Efforts to re-establish a Jewish nation in Palestine