Night HistoricalVocabulary

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Night HistoricalVocabulary
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Anti-Semitismnoun

• Ill-feeling or hatred toward Jewish people.
• Actor Mel Gibson has been accused of uttering
  anti-Semitic statements words that were
  hatefully directed towards Jews.

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Genocidenoun

• The mass extermination of a very large group of
  people because of their nationality, race, or
  religion.
• Under Hitlers rule, the Jews had to fear a
  systematic genocide.

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Gestaponoun

• The German secret police.
• A squadron of Gestapo troops went gliding
  through the war-torn night.

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Ghettonoun

• A section or quarter in a European city to which
  Jews were restricted.
• Once inside the ghetto, Jews were not allowed to
  leave.

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Holocaustnoun

• A burnt offering the destruction of six million
  Jews in death camps during 1933-1945.
• The Holocaust marks one of humanitys darkest
  periods in history.

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Kabbalahnoun

• A collection of mystical and interpretative
  teachings of Hebrew scriptures that originated in
  medieval Europe.
• One untraditional branch of Jewish study
  involves theories of the Kabbalah .

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Kaponoun

• Brutal Jewish prisoners who controlled
  concentration camp inmates for the Germans in
  exchange for special treatment.
• Members of the Kapo kept the other inmates of
  the concentration camps in line.

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Nazinoun

• The Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party.
• The German Nazi party, under the leadership of
  Hitler, orchestrated the Holocaust.

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Prejudicenoun

• An irrational hatred of a person, group, or race
  based upon a preconceived opinion or judgment.
• Due to extreme prejudice, Jews had to wear a
  star symbol marking their religious and ethnic
  heritage.

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SSnoun

• The Nazis elite guard, or special force, headed
  by Himmler.
• The SS officer, a member of Hitlers special
  force, burst through the door.

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Scapegoatnoun

• An innocent person, group, or race who is blamed
  for the general problems of a society and is
  punished harshly for them.
• When the student got caught cheating, he
  searched desperately for a scapegoat to blame for
  his actions.

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Stereotypenoun

• A generalization of a person a person who is
  regarded, not as an individual, but as a member
  of a group or nationality.
• Unlike the stereotype, not all white guys are
  huge nerds like Mr. Rustin.