Social Studies WWII & The Holocaust Vocabulary

Appeasement

To give someone what they want, so that they will leave them alone

Fascism 

Dictatorship which the nation prioritized by individual people and their freedoms

Dictator

A form of government, where all the power is on one person

Nazi

Adolf Hitlers political party

Concentration Camps

Prison camp for people who have committed crimes. Society thinks they should separated

Anti-Semitism

Prejudice against Jewish people

Axis Powers

a coalition of nations primarily led by Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II, opposing the Allied powers

Allied Powers 

Nations of alliances fought against Central Powers in World War 1

Holocaust

Murder of 12 million people by the Nazi government

Armistice

Agreement made by opposing sides in war to stop fighting for a time

Aryan Race

Mythical race of people. Nazi claimed they were superior to other races

Ghetto

Sections of cities in Nazis force Jewish population to a surrounding area

Gestapo

Nazi secret police

Fuhrer

Leader in German. Adolf Hitler name he gave himself

Kristallnacht

organized program against German jews

Third Reich

Nazi germany

Lebensraum

¨Living Space”Nazis believe Germans need more territory to live ¨comfortably¨