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Anne Frank Vocabulary

Anne Frank Vocabulary. Holocaust- . Hitler's persecutions and murder of European Jews. Original meaning in Greek was "burnt sacrifice." Came to mean a huge fire that destroys everything in its path. NAZI - .

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Anne Frank Vocabulary

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  1. Anne Frank Vocabulary Holocaust- Hitler's persecutions and murder of European Jews. Original meaning in Greek was "burnt sacrifice." Came to mean a huge fire that destroys everything in its path. NAZI - National Socialist German Workers' Party (National Sozialische Deutsche ArbeiterPartei) Fascist political party led by Hitler. Racist, Anti-democratic, and nationalistic.

  2. Anne Frank Vocabulary Third Reich - "Third Empire" Germany under Nazi control 1933-1945. Was supposed to last 1000 years. Hitler considered the Holy Roman Empire the first, Germany under Bismark's rule the second, his own the third. Fascism- A totalitarian system of government that controls economy, suppresses all opposition, promotes extreme nationalism. Political philosophy exalts nation and race above individual. Dictatorship and oppression.

  3. Anne Frank Vocabulary Anti-Semitism - Prejudice or hatred of Jews. Genocide- Deliberate, systematic murder and extermination of an entire racial or cultural group of people. Term coined after WWII to describe Hitler's war crimes against Jews.

  4. Anne Frank Vocabulary SS-(Schutzstaffel) A private army of elite, highly-trained Nazi guards. Black shirted security force. Had complete control of the Jews and concentration camps. Headed by Heinrich Himmler. SA-(Sturmabteilung) Brown shirted storm troopers. Hitler's private army of cutthroats and hoodlums. Helped bring Hitler to power in the 1930's. Headed by Ernst Roehm.

  5. Anne Frank Vocabulary Gestapo - (geheimeStaatspolizei) Secret police. A branch of the SS in charge of imprisoning all Nazi enemies, including Jews. Hitler Youth- (Hitler Jugend, DeutschesJungvolk) Nazi organization for German boys 6-18. Meeting held Sunday mornings to deliberately conflict with church. Purpose to indoctrinate boys as good Nazis. Corresponding group for girls was League of German Maidens (Bund DeutcherMadel-BDM).

  6. Anne Frank Vocabulary Fuhrer - “Leader.” Hitler’s title. Swastika- Symbol of the Nazi party.

  7. Anne Frank Vocabulary ArbeitMachtFrei - "Work will make you free." Famous sign at the entrance of Auschwitz. Example of Nazi deception and lies. Survivor- Someone, usually a Jew, who survived the Holocaust.

  8. Anne Frank Vocabulary Bear Witness- To tell what you experiences or saw. Kristallnacht- "Night of Broken Glass." Nov. 9-10, 1938. First Nazi pogrom -- an organized and officially approved attack on a minority group.

  9. Anne Frank Vocabulary Aryan- Nazi term for "German Race.” Supposedly pure and superior to all others. Actually no such race. Term is a name of an ancient language from which modern European and Mediterranean languages have evolved. Ghetto- A part of a city where Jews were forced to live. Nazis first set up ghettos in cities in central occupied Poland.

  10. Anne Frank Vocabulary Final Solution- Nazi euphemism for the extermination of all European Jews. Nazi policy to kill all Jews. Blitzkrieg- “Lightning War."A rapid, overwhelming attack. Hitler's very successful method of attack.

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