Weeks 9-12 Vocabulary

Musselmann

A term used in Nazi concentration camps to describe inmates who were physically and mentally exhausted to the point of being unable to work.

Partisan

A member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force.

Pogrom

A violent riot aimed at the massacre or expulsion of an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews.

Resettlement

The process of moving a group of people from one area to another, often used in the context of forced migration during the Holocaust.

SS

Schutzstaffel, a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Synagogue

A place of worship and community gathering for Jews.

Third Reich

The period of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, characterized by totalitarianism under Adolf Hitler.

Weimar Republic

The democratic government established in Germany after World War I, which existed from 1919 to 1933.

Yellow star

A badge that Jews were required to wear in Nazi-occupied territories to identify themselves.

Yiddish

A High German-derived language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.

Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

Nancy Wake

A prominent figure in the French Resistance during World War II, known for her work against Nazi occupation.

Irena Sendler

A Polish nurse who helped save thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Jasper Maskeline

A British magician and illusionist who was involved in World War II espionage, particularly in deception tactics.

Anne Frank

A Jewish girl who documented her life in hiding during the Holocaust in her diary, which was later published as 'The Diary of a Young Girl.'