political party in Germany which attracted dissatisfied Germans

leader of the Nazi Party in Germany

Germany (under Hitler), Italy (under Mussolini), and Japan (under Emperor Hirohito)

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States

started in 1939 when Germany attacked Poland and continued until 1945 when Germany and Japan surrendered

the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler;a terrible period in history when Hitler was responsible for the murder of more than six million Jews between 1933-1945

competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to launch satellites and land on the moon

the United States and the Soviet Union; military and political strength to influence worldwide events

never involved fighting; between the United States and the Soviet Union; they had different beliefs and political systems and both stockpiled weapons

in a 1946 speech, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned that it had fallen across the continent of Europe; it means that a dividing line now existed between Eastern and Western Europe

Soviet Union leader during the Cold War; he wanted to modernize the economy and agreed to decrease military spending to ease tensions

hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

general term for a Nazi-controlled detention center where Jews, et al were detained, uses as forced labor, and exterminated

a cordoned off area of city where Jews were isolated from the rest of the German population

information, usually misleading or biased, designed to promote a particular political idealogy

Capital of Germany

The official name of democratic West Germany during the postwar division of Germany

The official name of Communist East Germany during the postwar division of Germany

The group of Eastern European nations that fell under the control of the Soviet Union following World War II.

a 91-mile wall surrounding West Berlin from 1961-1989

The reintegration of West and East Germany into a single nation in 1990; in 1990, East and West Germany was reunited

the planned killing of a race of people. The United Nations made it a crime in 1948.

the victorious alliance of nations in World War II

Since the Jews had nowhere to go after the war, the United Nations created a Jewish state (country) for them in 1948.