Holocaust Key Words Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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Einatzgruppen
A
The mobile killing squads that carried out mass murders in the east after 1939
2
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Ghetto
A
An enclosed area in a city where nazis forced Jews to live
3
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Concentration camp
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A place where the government forced supposed enemies to live, under constant guard and surveillance in terrible conditions
4
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Wannsee conference
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The conference at which nazis decided to murder all European Jews
5
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Zyklon b
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The trade name of the cyanide based insecticide used in gas chambers to murder Jews and others
6
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Genocide
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The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group
7
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Holocaust
A
Systematic eradication of nearly 6 million Jews
8
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Persecution
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Face bullying or extreme unkindness
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