| A | B |
|---|
| relocation | move to a new place; locate or settle anew |
| extermination | complete destruction |
| Holocaust | mass murder of European Jews by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party |
| concentration camp | prison camps established by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party for Jews and othe rpolitical prisoners during World War II |
| Allies | countries fighting along with the United States against the Axis powers |
| Axis | the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan |
| Nazi | member of the German political party called the National Socialist German Workers Party and commanded by Adolf Hitler |
| compensation | something given to make up for something else |
| resistance | people who secretly organize and fight for their freedom in a country occupied and controlled by a foreign power |
| atom bomb | powerful weapon created from the splitting of atoms |
| swastika | emblem on the Nazi flag |
| deportation | removal from a country by banishment or expulsion |
| ghetto | a part of a city in Europe where Jews were required to live |
| pogrom | an organized massacre of helpless people |
| home front | term given to the United States mainland during World War II |
| rationing | to allow only certain amounts of food, gasoline and other goods to each person |
| atrocity | a very great wickedness or cruelty |
| anti-Semitism | dislike or hatred for Jews; prejudice against Jews |
| optimistic | hoping for the best; inclined to look on the bright side of things |
| pessimistic | inclined to look on the dark side of things or to see all the difficulties and disadvantages |
| riveter | a person in a factory that makes or fastens with rivets |
| scapegoat | person or thing made to bear the blame for the mistakes or sins of others |
| economic | having to do with economics, the science of production, distribution, and consumption or goods and services |
| sabotage | damage done by enemy agents or by civilians of a conquered nation |
| blitzkrieg | German word meaning sudden, violent attack using many airplanes and tanks |
