Holocaust Vocabulary

What is a ghetto?

• A safe house for refugees.

• The Jewish quarter in a city.

• A poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups (The hood).

• A labor camp for P.O.W's (Prisoner of war).

Answer explanation

A ghetto is the Jewish quarter in a city.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is deportation?

• The act of fleeing one's country to another.

• A ceremony between 2 Jewish people, similar to a wedding.

• To fire someone from a company or organization.

• The act of deporting or sending a person or group of people out of a country.

Answer explanation

To deport someone is to deport or send a person or group of people out of a country.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The ___ was the official secret police of Nazi Germany.

Answer explanation

The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany.

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Define anti-semitism.

• To stand up against racism.

• Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.

• Discrimination towards the LGBTQ+.

• The movement against political views.

Answer explanation

Anti-Semitism is hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a memoir?

• A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

• A gift left behind from a person that has passed.

• A sort of tradition passed through generations of family.

• A person of special power.

Answer explanation

A memoir is a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A ___ is the purposeful killing of a large group of people because of ethic or nation.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a Nazi?

• A person that likes refrigerators.

• A member of the far-right National Socialist German Workers' Party.

• A person who really likes Jews.

• A person that likes women.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The ___ was the a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II (also known as the SS).

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What was the Holocaust?

• When Germany went into a economic depression.

• The genocide of the furries (8 milly) in the 27th century.

• When Adolf Hitler rose to power.

• The genocide of European Jews (6 milly) during World War II.

An allegory is...

• A sexuality in a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

• A type of figurative language.

• An animal that is a part of the reptile family that resides in the amazon river.

• A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5