Glossary- Holocaust Flashcards
(23 cards)
Adolf Hitler
German politician and leader of the Nazi Party
Anti- Semitism
Hateful feelings, attitudes and actions towards the Jews
Auschwitz
The largest concentration and extermination camp
Concentration Camp
A camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions
Dehumanisation
To deprive of human qualities
Discrimination
Unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority
Eugenics
The study of methods of improving the quality of the human race
Euthanasia
The act of killing someone painlessly, esp. to relieve suffering from an incurable illness
Extermination camp
A camp where people are imprisoned and killed
Final Solution
The code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
Genocide
The killing of an entire cultural of racial group
Ghetto
A section of a city where Jews had to live
Holocaust
Term used for the Nazi massacre of the Jews during WW2
Liberation
To be set free from oppression, control or imprisonment
Nazi Party
National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). A political party that existed in Germany from 1920-1945.
Persecution
The act of oppression, harassment, or maltreatment, esp. because of race and religion
Pogrom
A violent riot aimed at massacre of persecution of an ethnic or religious group
Police State
A state or country in which a repressive government maintains control through the police.
Prejudice
Intolerance of or dislike for people of a specific race, religion
Racism
Abusive or aggressive behavior towards members of another race
Refugee
A person who has fled from some danger or problem
Resistance
The act or an instance of resisting
Scapegoat
Someone on whom to heap the blame for others’ problems or mistakes
