Untitled Flashcards Set

  1. Atrocity – An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.

  2. Genocide – The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

  3. Anti-Semitism – Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.

  4. Holocaust – The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jewish people by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

  5. Nuremberg Laws – A set of anti-Semitic laws enacted in Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jewish people of citizenship and imposed severe restrictions on their rights.

  6. Final Solution – The Nazi policy of exterminating Jewish people, which resulted in the mass murder of millions in concentration camps.

  7. Ghettos – Segregated areas where Jewish people were forced to live under Nazi occupation before being deported to concentration camps.

  8. Kristallnacht – Also known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” a pogrom against Jewish communities in Nazi Germany on November 9–10, 1938.

  9. Propaganda – Information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

  10. Concentration Camps – Places where Jews and other persecuted groups were imprisoned and forced into labor, often leading to death.

  11. Extermination Camps – Nazi camps built explicitly for mass killing, such as Auschwitz, where millions were murdered in gas chambers.

  12. Nuremberg Trials – A series of trials held after WWII to prosecute Nazi leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

  13. War Crimes – Violations of the laws and customs of war, including mistreatment of prisoners and targeting civilians.

  14. Crimes Against Humanity – Acts deliberately committed as part of a widespread attack against civilians, including genocide and enslavement.

  15. Allied Powers – The nations, including the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, that fought against the Axis Powers in WWII.

  16. Axis Powers – The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII.

  17. Heinrich Himmler – The head of the SS and one of the key architects of the Holocaust.

  18. SS (Schutzstaffel) – A paramilitary organization under Hitler that played a major role in implementing the Final Solution.

  19. Gestapo – The secret police of Nazi Germany, responsible for rooting out opposition and enforcing Nazi policies.

  20. Resettlement – A Nazi euphemism for the forced deportation and murder of Jewish people and other targeted groups.

  21. Nazism – The ideology and policies of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party, including extreme nationalism, racism, and dictatorship.

  22. Persecution – The mistreatment, oppression, or harassment of a group of people, especially for their race, religion, or political beliefs.

  23. Liberation – The act of freeing someone from imprisonment or oppression; in the context of WWII, it refers to the freeing of concentration camp prisoners by Allied forces.