PICTURE DICTIONARY By: Safiyyah Foster 2 nd period Mrs. Scruggs March 28, 2013
PICTURE DICTIONARY
By: Safiyyah Foster2nd period Mrs. Scruggs
March 28, 2013
ARYANThe pure, “superior” Germanic race.
BUCHENWALDA concentration camp for slave labor, near Weimar, Germany.
CREMATORYThe place that contained the ovens, furnaces, and chimneys where Nazi victims were burned.
DEATH’S HEADNazi skull symbol worn on SS uniform
FASCIST A political philosophy that represents nation and race
GESTAPOThe German internal security police (secret police)
GHETTOA walled section a city in which Jews were required to live.
HOLOCAUST‘burnt offering” refers to WWII attempted genocide of the Jewish people
KAPOA Jewish in charge of a group of other Jewish inmates
SELECTIONProcess for choosing victims for the gas chambers in Nazi camps
SSThe group in charge of the death camps
KABBALAHThe study of jewish mysticism
KADDISHJewish prayer for the dead
ATONEMENTforgiveness
TORAHThe body of jewish teachings
SYNAGOGUEA jewish house of worship
SODOMWicked biblical city that suffers god’s wrath
AUSCHWITZ Concentration and extermination camps
DEATH CAMPNazi prison camp where they murder inmates systematically
DYSENTERY An intestinal disorder causing blood and mucus in the stool
GYPSYNomadic group of people
KRISTALLNACHT Night of the broken glass
RED ARMYthe slang term for the Russian army
RABBIA religious teacher and person authorized to make decisions on issues of Jewish law.
TALMUDThe collection of jewish oral tradition