ELA holocaust vocab

adversary

an enemy

consolidating

coming together as one; uniting

*genocide

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation

Holocaust

the systemic mass destruction of six million Jews by the Nazi regime

Nazi

A member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933-1945 under Adolf Hitler

*upstander

A person who speaks or acts in support of an individual or cause

Allies

 A group of 26 nations led by Great Britain, the United States, and

the Soviet Union; opposed Germany, Italy, and Japan in WWII

annihilate

to totally destroy; to make extinct

anti-Semitism

prejudice or discrimination against Jews

Aryan

a term used in Nazi Germany to describe non-Jewish people; blonde hair/blue eyes were the “master race”

concentration camp

prison camps that held large numbers of Jews, minorities, or other enemies of the state (for labor and detention only)

Dachau (Da-Cow)

• the first Nazi concentration camp in Southern Germany - created

in 1933; American troops liberated it in 1945

death camp

• Nazi extermination centers where Jews were brought to be killed;

Part of Hitlers “Final Solution”

Dictatorship

 a country or government ruled by a person who has absolute power

displaced persons

• people who are forced to leave their home country as a result of 

War, persecution, or natural disaster; refugees

Gestapo

• secret state police who used brutal methods to investigate resistance to 

 Nazi rule

ghetto

• a section of the city where Jews were forced to live, usually with

several families living in one house, before being shipped to camps

killing center

“death factories” - a center for mass murder

Persecution

ill-treatment or hostility often due to race or political or religious beliefs

Propaganda

false or semi-true information used by a government, political party, or some other group that was intended to sway the opinions of the population;

Reichstag

the German parliament

Treaty of Versailles

the peace treaty that officially ended World War I between Germany and the allies; signed in 1919 and placed blame on Germany

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

a predominantly Jewish area in the capital of Poland; Starvation, disease, unsanitary conditions, and shootings here led to 45,000 Jews in 1941

Weimar Republic

The German republic was established in 1919 after World War I. It was an experiment in democracy from 1919 to 1933 until Hitler came into power in 1933.

World War I

“The  Great War” - A brutal international war that began in 1914 and ended in 1918 between the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) and the Allies (France, Russia, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, and the U.S.)

Textiles

types of cloth or woven fabric

Dowry

property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage

Bachelor

a man who is not and has never been married

Hosiery

stockings, socks, and tights collectively

Agency

the idea that a person can make a choice to help himself

Allusion

when the author makes a reference that calls to mind another story.

Tone

• the general attitude or feeling of a piece of writing or dialogue; 

we can use the literal meanings and connotations of words and the context to determine the tone