Adversary

Enemy, one's opponent in a conflict

Consolidating

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

Genocide

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

Upstander

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

Allies

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

Annihilate

to totally destroy, to make extinct

anti-Semitism

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

Aryan

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

Concentration Camp

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.

Dictatorship

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

Ghetto

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.

Persecution

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

Agency

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

Allusion

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

Tone

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

Communism

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

Death Camps

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