Night Essential Vocabulary

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Holocaust

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The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler; of Greek origin meaning 'sacrifice by fire'.

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SS

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Special police force in the Nazi army; Schutzstaffel.

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Auschwitz-Birkenau

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The largest and most notorious concentration, labor and death camp where 1.6 million died; located in Poland.

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Ghetto

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A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.

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Aryan

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A non-Jewish Caucasian, especially of Nordic descent.

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Fascism

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A political ideology that exalts nation and often race above the individual, with a centralized autocratic government led by a dictatorial leader.

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Persecution

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The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group.

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Genocide

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The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.

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Kapo

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A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks.

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Anti-Semitism

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Prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews.