| A | B |
| Anti-Semitism | Hatred of Jews, Form of racism |
| Aryan | Non-Jewish white people, blond hair and blue eyes |
| Concentration Camp | Prison system, harsh conditions |
| Crematorium | Large oven to burn dead bodies |
| Death Camp | Killing camp, Gas chambers disguised as showers, Attached to concentration camps |
| Death Marches | Inmates marched across Europe when war was ending |
| Einsatzgruppen | Local people on special squads to kill Jews nearby |
| Fascist | Strong government by one leader |
| Final Solution | Wiping out of Jews |
| Fuhrer | Term Hitler gave himself after death of President Hindenburg |
| Genocide | Murder of an entire group of people |
| Gas Chamber | Rooms disguised as showers to kill people |
| Gestapo | The secret police, Most ruthless section of Nazi groups |
| Ghetto | Part of town separated by walls and gates to keep Jews apart |
| Holocaust | Destruction of 10 million, 6 million of which were Jews |
| Kristallnacht | Nov 9, 1938 when Jewish churches and businesses where attacked and burned |
| Nazi | Hitler's National Socialist Party |
| Nuremberg Laws | Laws in 1935 to define Jews as non-Aryan and therefore not German citizens |
| Nuremberg Rallies | Huge rallies, giving Hitler opportunity to inspire his followers |
| Nuremberg Trials | Allies tried German WWII leaders with war crimes and crimes against humanity |
| SA | Brownshirts, Original Nazi force of 400,000 |
| SS | Elite section of the SA. 50,000 who wore black shirts |
| Swastika | Symbol of the Nazi Party |
| Third Reich | Third beginning, Germany's new beginning said to last for 1000 years |