Holocaust Terminology

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Deportation

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Forced removal of people from their homes or country

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Ghetto

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A restricted area where Jews were forced to live

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Synagogue

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Jewish house of worship

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Cabbala (Kabbalah)

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Jewish mystical tradition

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Fascism

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An authoritarian political system

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Gestapo

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Nazi secret police

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SS

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Elite Nazi military unit

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Concentration camp

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Prison camps used by Nazis

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Crematory / Crematorium

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Place where bodies are burned

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Selection

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Process where prisoners were chosen to live or die