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Memoira historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
Concentration Campsa place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities
Propagandainformation, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Nuremburg LawsThe Nuremberg Laws were two laws which excluded the Jews from German life, as well as took away some of their natural rights 1935.
Holocaustdestruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war
Prejudicepreconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Genocidethe deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation
Anti-Semitismhostility to or prejudice against Jews.
Ironya literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
Motifa decorative design or pattern
Connotationan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Themethe subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Aryanrelating to or denoting a people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium BC, displacing the Dravidian and other aboriginal peoples.
Displacementthe moving of something from its place or position.
Euthanasiahe painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries.
Final Solutionthe Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945


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