| A | B |
| Fuhrer | German word for "leader" |
| Shabbat | the Sabbath Day (beginning at sunset on Friday and ending at sunset on Saturday) |
| Swastika | an ancient symbol used to ward off evil spirits, later adopted as a Nazi symbol |
| death camp | Nazi extermination unit |
| persecution | the cruel act of persistently harassing or oppressing |
| Final Solution | Nazi program that began the complete destruction of the Jews |
| prejudice | an unfavorable opinion of feeling formed without knowledge |
| atrocity | appalling, cruel, or monstrous conditions or behaviors |
| annihilate | to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence |
| Reich | German word for "empire" |
| Auschwitz | concentration camp in Poland where mass extermination took place |
| bystander | one who is present at an event without participating in it |