WWII Vocab

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scapegoat
a person or group that bears the blame
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Aryan Race
Nazi term for people of Northern European ancestry.
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Ghetto
Segregated section of a city where Jewish people were forced to live. They were often surrounded by barbed wire or walls
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Anti-Semitism
hatred of Jewish people
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Genocide
the deliberate destruction of a group of people
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Third Reich
Name given to the government of Germany during Nazi period
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Nazi
a member of the National Socialist Party led by Hitler
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Propaganda
One sided information that is spread to sway one's p.o.v & promote a cause
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The Holocaust
The systematic mass murder of Jews and other groups of people by German Nazis
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Fascism
government led by a dictator with complete power
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I was made the_________________ , but it was the others who started the fire.
scapegoat
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______________was a carefully planned killing of thousands of people.
The Holocaust
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Blonde hair and blue eyes is also known as
Aryan Race
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There were three types of these neighborhoods
Ghettos
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In the spring of 1945, the ______________ simply ceased to exist.
Third Reich
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Nazi ___________ greatly exaggerated stories of attacks on the German minority.
propaganda
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With imposed curfews and a heightened police presence, the country seemed to be moving more towards ______than democracy.
fascism
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Germany paid \$50 billion in reparations for _____ crimes.
Nazi
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______is a war crime.
genocide
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His hateful remarks about Jewish people were very ______.
anti-Semitic
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