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Holocaust Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Aryan | Used in Nazism to designate a supposed master race of non-Jewish Caucasians usually having Nordic features |
Ghetto | Separate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live. |
Refugee | A person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, often because of political upheaval or famine. |
Genocide | The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group . |
Antisemitism | prejudice against Jews |
Torah | The most sacred text of the Hebrew Bible, includes the first five books. |
Bias | Having an unfair or unbalanced opinion. |
Holocaust | A goal to exterminate all Jews, campaign of genocide. |
Mischlinge | Used to describe someone who is a hybrid, mongrel, or half-breed. |
Scapegoat | A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. |