Holocaust Vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
hostility to or prejudice against Jews
Antisemitism
a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part
Bystander
furnaces constructed to burn the bodies of humans in concentration and death camps
Crematoria
a placer where large numbers of people are deliberately imprisoned and forced into work or waiting for mass execution
Concentration Camps
a prison camp in which many people die from poor conditions and treatment or from mass execution
Death Camps
the process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities
Dehumanization
the action of deporting a foreigner from a country
Deportation
the unjust or prejudice treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the ground of age, race, gender, or religion
Discrimination
a nice way of saying something terrible
Euphemism
the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews
Final Solution
a ruthless, tyrannical leader
Fuehrer
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation
Genocide
the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression
Liberation
a member of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Nazi
hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs-kill/suffer
Persecution
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
Refugee
a six-pointed figure consisting of two interlaced equilateral triangles, used as a Jewish and Israeli symbol
Star of David
an ancient symbol in the form of an equal-armed cross with each arm at a right angle, used as emblem of Nazis
Swastika
an endorsement on a passport indicating that the holder is allowed to enter, leave, or stay for a specified period of time in a country
Visa
a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel leaders, held in the Berlin
Wannsee Conference
