Holocaust Vocabulary

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Prejudice or hatred against Jews.

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Anti-Semitism

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Violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group

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Genocide

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Violent riot aimed at the persecution of religious or ethnic groups

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Pogroms

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National Social German Workers’ Party, headed by Hitler

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Nazi Party

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The German internal security police as organized under the Nazi regime, known for its terrorist methods directed against those suspected of treason or questionable loyalty.

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Gestapo

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Hitler’s Protection Squadron that was in charge of security and ethnic identification.

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SS

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Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live.

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Ghettos

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Jews were transported from their homes to concentration camps. An average transport lasted about four days with no water, food, toilet, nor ventilation. Some boxcars had 150 people stuffed into them. What is this process called?

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Deportation

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Holocaust means..........

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destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

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A wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938, where broken glass from the windows of synagogues, homes, and Jewish-owned businesses were plundered and destroyed.

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Kristallnacht