Comp and Lit Semester 1 Final

Inflation

As prices go up, value of money goes down

Great Depression

A period of time where mainly the US economy crashed and multiple other countries were effected

Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

Hitler's autobiography written in prision

Aryan Race

the race Hitler believed to be superior than others which Germans were members of

dictator

A ruler who has complete power over a country

Propaganda

Information used to promote or publicize a particular political idea or point of view

Antisemitism

Prejudice against Jews

Final Solution

Hitler's plan to remove the Jewish population

Ghetto

Enclosed districts that isolated Jews from the non-Jewish population

Warsaw Ghetto

Largest Jewish ghetto during WW2 in the capital of Poland, holding over 400,000 Jews

Lodz Ghetto

Second largest Jewish community in prewar Poland

Aushwitz-Birkenau

-largest Nazi concentration camp located in SW Poland

Gas Chambers

A place used for mass murder where enemies of the state were killed by gas

Selection

The process of choosing who would be good candidates for the labor camps

Crematorium

a place where the dead or almost dead were burned

Dachau

First concentration camp

Armed resistance

Ant irregular armed force that rises up against an enforces or established authority

Spiritual Resistance

Opposing established authority through adhering to one's religion and spiritual beliefs

Bias

An inclination or preference either for or against an individual or group that interferes with impartial judgement

Discrimination

Unfair treatment of one person or a group of people because of their identity (e.g., race, religion, culture etc.).

Genocide

The act of or intent to deliberately and systematically annihilate an entire religious, racial, national or cultural group

hate crime

A criminal act directed at a person or group because of the victim's real or perceived race, ethnicity, gender, religion, national origin, sexual origin or ability.

prejudice

Judging or forming an idea about someone or a group of people before you actually know them.

Scapegoating

Blaming a person or group for something, when fault actually lies elsewhere.

stereotype

The false idea that all members of a group are the same and think and behave in the same way.

Bias-motivated violence

An action that emotionally or physically harms a person or group that is motivated by the identity of the person or group.