Vocab Words Flashcards
(23 cards)
Adolf Hitler
Leader of Germany. Influential public speaker. Intelligent strategic planner
Genocide
Known as the holocaust. Deliberate destruction of an ethnic, racial, political, or religious group.
Holocaust
Extermination of the Jews during WWII. 6 million were murdered
Mein Kampft
My struggle
Heinrich Himmler
Leader of the S.S, chief of German police, and leader of concentration camps
Nazi
National socialist German workers party
Persecution
I’ll treatment of a racial or religious group
Others persecuted:
Gypsies, blacks, catholic priests, handicapped, homosexuals
Third Reich
Name of German government under Hitler
Enabling act
Legislative that gave hitler the power to pass laws regardless of others or the constitution
Storm troopers
Serve as body guards to hitler or other nazi leaders
Gestapo
German secret police, under control of the S.S
Anti Semitism
Hatred and persecution of Jews
Propaganda
Spreading of ideas to further a cause
Nuremberg Laws
Anti Jewish legislative
Yellow Star
A badge featuring the Star of David used as a method to visibly identify Jews
Aryan
Pure race-people who’s roots were European
Kristallkacht
Known as “night of broken glass” It is the name given to the violent anti Jewish activities of Nov 9-10 1938
Work camp/concentration camp
Guarded camps where prisoners were held
Ghetto
A section of city where Jews were forced to live
Call-up
Official notification that a person must report to nazi authorities and be relocated often to a concentration camp
Deportation
The force removal from a country
Killing centers
For efficient mass murder
