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.