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Judenrat
Jewish councils in the ghettos
Chaim Rumkowski
Judenrat who hoped that by making the Jews do a lot of labor would show the Nazis their value- borderline collaborator
Adam Czerniaków
Judenrat who kept a diary and killed himself due to the pressure and sadness he felt but selecting
Emanuel Ringelblum
Previous social worker/historian who did not think that Jews were being taken care of in the ghettos
Oyneg Shabbes
The Jews would gather and have their archives so they could document everything
"Jew Houses"
Jewish communal property that Nazis had taken over and granted to them
Operation Barbarossa
Nazis attack the Soviet Union so now the Soviet-Polish citizens were under the Nazis- two million additional Jews
Einsatzgruppen
Mobile death squads who would take Jews to the woods and kill them
Babi Yar
33,371 Jews killed by the Einsatzgruppen in two days outside of Kyviv
Sonderkommandos
Special units that were usually Jews who gathered and cremated the corpses
Wannsee Conference
Leading Nazis met at a villa to discuss an efficient plan to eradicate Jews
Final Solution
11 million Jews in Europe needed to be killed
Aktion Reinhard
Plan to murder 2 million Jews living in former Polish territory that leads to death camps
Auschwitz
Last and longest open camp to be built with the most survivors
"Selections"
Choice of gas chamber or labor made by the doctor (health and shape)
Theresienstadt
Model ghetto
Brundibar
Mock play by kids about an evil guy with a mustache
Evian Conference
President Roosevelt invites 33 countries to discuss refugees
Kindertransport
British citizen volunteers found German parents who wanted to send children away for safety
St. Louis
Ship that brought Jews to Cuba but boat ended up going back to Europe and passengers were divided between countries
Jan Karski
Member of Polish underground who collected info in Warsaw Ghetto
Raoul Wallenberg
Swedish diplomat in Budapest that gave Jews Swedish passports
Chiune Sugihara
Japanese diplomat in Lithuania that gave Japanese papers
Irena Sendler
Person in charge at the Zegota of moving the children and reuniting them
Jan and Antonina Zabinski
Owners of the zoo and hid Jews in their basement
King Mohammed V
King of Morocco who said Jews were their citizens and did not allow Nazis
Denmark
Danish Jews were hidden and the Danish people would not let the Jews die
Harry Roth
Acted as a consular official and granted Jews permits
Countess Janina Suchodolska
Worked to smuggle in food and release non-Jewish Pols from camps
Żegota
Polish aid organization that risked guaranteed death
War Refugee Board
Tasked with carrying out an official American policy of rescue and relief, saved 200,000, but too little too late
