Holocaust Vocabulary Test Crossword
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1) Nazi euphemism for the deliberate killing of institutionalized physically, mentally, and emotionally handicapped people.2) The process of becoming incorporated into mainstream society.3) When the Nazis took power in 1933, they established places for the imprisonment of “all enemies” of their regime.4) A concentration camp in Germany; primarily a work camp, and not an extermination camp, though thousands died there from exposure, over-work, and exhaustion.5) Legal removal of the civil rights of the Jews which outlawed marriage between Jews and non-Jews, forbade Jews from employing German females of child-bearing age, and prohibited Jews from displaying the German flag.6) Doctor at Auschwitz who conducted cruel medical experiments on prisoners, especially on twins.8) Secret order issued by Hitler to seize “persons endangering German security” who were to vanish without a trace into the fog and night.10) The process of people being involuntarily moved from their homes because of war, government policies, or other social actions.12) "Lightening War" used to describe the speed, efficiency, and intensity of Germany's military attack on their opponents.15) Systematic prejudice against Jews.16) “Underground” organizations working to help the Jews against Hitler/Nazi Germany.18) Members of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Party which was based on hate, prejudice, and rule by threat of violence.19) The destruction of 6 million Jews by Nazis, literally means “a completely burned sacrifice”.21) The deliberate and systematic destruction of a religious, racial, national, or cultural group. |
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7) Jews who worked inside the death camps.9) German word for “empire”.11) The code name for the plan to destroy all of Europe’s Jews.13) "Master race" of people of Northern European descent.14) The commanding officer of a military organization.17) Meeting where Nazi officials decided that complete annihilation of European Jews was the only rational measure to the Jewish question.20) A section of the city where displaced Jews were forced to live characterized by overcrowding, starvation, and forced labor.22) Originally included Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan, later joined by Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovakia.23) The 49 nations who fought against Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II; primarily the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.24) Concentration and extermination camp in Poland.25) The German Nazi Secret State police. |
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