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3305659993genocideDeliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group0
3305659994holocaustA methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.1
3305660282crematoriuma furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes2
3305660283final solutionHitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people3
3305662747disgracea state of dishonor4
3305669652toleranceAcceptance5
3305671741oppressionprolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control6
3305672245bystanderThe tendency for individuals to be less likely to assist in an emergency situation when other people are present.7
3305674347aryanGermanic people seen as the master race8
3305677864kristallnacht(Night of the Broken Glass) November 9, 1938, when mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property and terrorized Jews.9
3305679634concentration campsprison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.10
3305680247perpetratorthe one who committed the act11
3305681257collaboratorA person who assists the enemy12
3305682560synagogueJewish place of worship13
3305702687liberationA state of freedom reached after a struggle14
3325178627antisemitismPrejudice against Jews15
3325204214ghettoDuring the Middle Aes, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.16
3325204215neglectnegligence17

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