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| extermination | to get rid of by destroying |
| ghetto | in the case of The Holocaust, a walled area where Jews were forced to live; a section of the city especially a heavily populated slum area, inhabited predominately by members of a minority group |
| deportation | the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or person from another political state |
| Holocaust | the mass extermination of European Jews during WWII |
| Nazism | of or pertaining to the National Socialist German Workers' Party |
| Gestapo | the German secret police during the Nazi regime, notorious for its brutality |
| Warsaw | captial of Poland and largest city in the country, located in central Poland; the political, cultural, industrial, and transportation center of Poland |
| subversion | an act or attempt to overthrow or undermine a legally constituted government |
| genocide | the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political or cultural group |
| socialist | of or pertaining to a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole |
| anti-Semitic | opposing the ways, ideas, influences, etc. of the Jewish people |
| fuehrer | leader |
| alien | a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization |
| fascism | a totalitarian governmental system led by a dictator and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism, militarism, and often racism |
| communism | a system characterized by common ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the benefit of all society |
| dysentery | any infectious disease of the large intestine marked by diarrhea and with mucus and often blood in the feces |
| Zionism | a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel |
| Allies | a group of countries that fought against the Nazis (Britain, USA, Russia, France) |
| Axis | countries that fought with the Nazis (Germany, Japan, Italy) |
| synagogue | a place of worship for Jewish people |
| Kristallnacht | “Night of the Broken Glass” a night when Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues |
| Nuremburg Laws | laws passed to take away Jewish rights |
| propaganda | biased and/or misleading information used to persuade people to believe an idea, even if it isn’t really true. The Nazi message was successfully communicated through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press |
