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Holocaust/Final Solution
A mass slaughter of millions of Jews and other civilians in death camps carried out by Nazi Germany (WWII)
genocide
the planned killing of a race of people
anti-semitism
means anti-Jewish
6 million
number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
concentration camps
prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or wo...
gas chambers
This was the primary method of murder in death camps. Buildings or parts of buildings which were sealed off and air tight so that large numbers of peo...
labor camps
Concentration camps where hard physical work was performed in order to survive.
ghettos
Sections of towns and cities in which Jews were forced to live.
propaganda
biased ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause (the Nazi party used posters, radio, leaflets, etc.)
prejudice
an unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings,...
