Holocaust Key Terms Flashcards
Humanities Revision (30 cards)
What is antisemitism?
Hatred or prejudice against Jewish people.
What is classification?
Dividing people into groups based on race, religion, or ethnicity.
Example: Jews vs. non-Jews.
What is symbolisation?
Using symbols (like the Yellow Star) to identify and label groups.
What is discrimination?
Treating people unfairly because of their identity.
Example: Banning Jews from jobs.
What is dehumanisation?
Portraying a group as less than human to justify mistreatment.
What is polarisation?
Driving groups apart using laws and propaganda to increase division and hatred.
What is organisation in the context of antisemitism?
Planning and coordinating actions against targeted groups, often by the state.
What is preparation in the context of genocide?
Getting ready to carry out mass murder, including identification, transportation, and isolation of victims.
What is extermination?
The mass killing of targeted groups; the Nazis aimed to eliminate all Jews.
What is persecution?
Systematic mistreatment of individuals based on their identity, often involving violence, legal oppression, and removal of rights.
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Racist laws in Nazi Germany that stripped Jews of citizenship and banned marriage between Jews and non-Jews.
What was the Yellow Star badge?
A symbol Jews were forced to wear to identify themselves in Nazi-occupied areas.
What are ghettos?
Segregated areas in cities where Jews were forced to live in overcrowded and inhumane conditions.
What are concentration camps?
Prison camps where Jews and other targeted groups were imprisoned, forced into labor, and often died from starvation or abuse.
What are death camps?
Camps specifically designed for mass killing, such as Auschwitz, using gas chambers.
What is propaganda?
Biased or misleading information spread to influence public opinion, used by the Nazis to promote antisemitism.
Who was Joseph Goebbels?
Nazi Minister of Propaganda who controlled media and spread Nazi ideology.
What was the Final Solution?
The Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe.
What was the Wannsee Conference?
A meeting of Nazi officials to coordinate the Final Solution.
What was the SS (Schutzstaffel)?
A powerful Nazi paramilitary organisation that enforced Nazi policies, including running camps and executing Jews.
What is a pogrom?
A violent attack against a Jewish community, often encouraged or tolerated by authorities.
What was Kristallnacht?
A violent pogrom against Jews in Germany and Austria, where synagogues, homes, and businesses were destroyed.
What is Aryanisation?
The forced transfer of Jewish property and businesses to non-Jewish Germans.
What is Der Stürmer?
A Nazi newspaper that spread extreme antisemitic propaganda.
