EL Module 3 Holocaust Unit 1 Flashcards

Enemy, one's opponent in a conflict

unite, to combine a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole

the deliberate and systematic killing or persecution of a large number of people from a particular national or ethnic group with the goal of killing of that group

a person who speaks or acts in support of an individual or cause, who helps someone being attacked or bullied

a group of 26 nations lead by Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union that opposed Germany, Italy, and Japan (Axis partners) in WWII

to totally destroy, to make extinct

prejudice or discrimination against Jews; a dislike, fear, and persecution of Jews

a term used in Nazi Germany to describe people with blonde hair and blue eyes and who race scientists considered to be the most superior race

Prison camps that held large numbers of Jews and other persecuted minorities. People often died of starvation and disease and were forced to provide labor prior to mass execution.

A country or government ruled by a dictator (one person with absolute power

a section of a city where Jews were forced to live, usually with several families living in one house, separated from the rest of the city by walls or wire fences.

ill-treatment or hostility often due to race or political or religious beliefs

the character's ability to make meaningful choices and influence the direction of the story, the character's level of control

a brief reference to a person, place, thing, or event from another literary work

how the person says something (sincere, sarcastic, pleasant, etc.); This is seen through the word choice of the author

A system of government in which individual people do not own land, factories or machinery but rather the government or whole community owns these things. Everyone then shares the wealth

Nazi extermination centers where Jews and other victims of war were brought to be killed.