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| Anti-Semitism | part of the Hitler’s Nazi ideology; the term means hatred for the Jewish people |
| Scapegoat | a person or group blamed for something that is not their fault |
| Aryan | Hitler’s “master race” |
| Target Group | during the Holocaust Hitler targeted - those of Jewish ancestry, Poles, Russians, Communists, Gypsies, homosexuals and anyone considered physically or mentally deficient |
| Nuremberg Laws | Laws passed in 1935 which denied German citizenship to Jews and prevented them from marrying non-Jews; also ordered Jewsto wear the Star of David |
| Kristallnacht | “Night of Broken Glass”; Nazi troops attacked Jewish businesses, synagogues, and homes killing approximately 100 Jews |
| Ghettos | a portion of a city where a minority group (in this case, the Jews) lives |
| Final Solution | Hitler’s plan that forced Jews across Europe into concentration camps |
| Concentration Camps | mainly in Germany and Poland; Jews suffered brutal experiments, work camps, and extermination in expecially designed showers and crematoriums |
| Genocide | systematic destruction of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group |
| Holocaust (1933-1945) | name given to the elimination of 2/3 of the Jewish population in Europe (approximately 6 million) and the systematic execution of 5 million others |
| Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946) | “world court” was assembled to punish Nazi leaders charged with “crimes against humanity”; 22 Nazi leaders were punished |
| International Military Tribunal | group of 23 countries that conducted the Nuremberg Trials |
| Zionism | support for a Jewish state/ homeland; the nation of Israel was founded in 1948 for this purpose |
