vocabulary of night
As you read the story “Night” and explore what the Holocaust was keep a log of important terminology as it is used in the core novel. In addition to keeping a growing dictionary of terminology related to the Holocaust be sure to define the terms in relation to history and their use in the text.
Vocabulary in Context definitions are due Thursday, April 17th - NO LATE WORK FOR "NIGHT" WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER OR AFTER SPRING BREAK!
EXAMPLE:
Term (p.#): Holocaust
Definition:
· Greek meaning “sacrifice by fire”
· Systematic murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators
World War II
The war between the Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (the countries that fought with the United States) that started in 1939 and ended in 1945
Genocide
The killing or murder of a large group of people who are of a particular ethnic group, race, or nation
Concentration Camp
A small area with unfavorable facilities where a large group of people, political prisoners and members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned, sometimes to await for execution or to provide forced labor
Adolf Hitler
German leader and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Co-founded the Nazi party and caused the Holocaust, the mass execution of Jewish people in Europe.
Ally
A person or organization that helps each other
A state or nation that cooperated with each other to go towards a common goal
Persecute
To cause harm or discriminate against a particular group, whether based on race, gender, religion, etc.
Ethnicity
Social group of people who identify each other based on a common ancestry or culture
Displaced Persons Camp
Facilities that administered support and help for those who were threatened to move by the Holocaust and lost their homes due to the Holocaust
Culture
- Customs, arts, traditions, or religions with a certain group or nation
Nazi
A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, who have contributed to the Holocaust with the ideology of intense nationalism
The Nazi party was outlawed in Germany
Einsatzgruppen
Composed of the German SS and police personnel, whose task was to cause mass killings, shootings, and exterminations
Ghetto
An isolated or segregated group or area
Final Solution
The Nazi policy or rule of killing and exterminating European Jews
Ideology
A system of ideas or ideals
Race
Human classification that categorizes people sharing the same culture, history, or language, etc.
Death March
The forced movement of prisoners in Nazi Germany to move prisoners away from the front lines of the war
Vocabulary in Context definitions are due Thursday, April 17th - NO LATE WORK FOR "NIGHT" WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER OR AFTER SPRING BREAK!
EXAMPLE:
Term (p.#): Holocaust
Definition:
· Greek meaning “sacrifice by fire”
· Systematic murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators
World War II
The war between the Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (the countries that fought with the United States) that started in 1939 and ended in 1945
Genocide
The killing or murder of a large group of people who are of a particular ethnic group, race, or nation
Concentration Camp
A small area with unfavorable facilities where a large group of people, political prisoners and members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned, sometimes to await for execution or to provide forced labor
Adolf Hitler
German leader and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Co-founded the Nazi party and caused the Holocaust, the mass execution of Jewish people in Europe.
Ally
A person or organization that helps each other
A state or nation that cooperated with each other to go towards a common goal
Persecute
To cause harm or discriminate against a particular group, whether based on race, gender, religion, etc.
Ethnicity
Social group of people who identify each other based on a common ancestry or culture
Displaced Persons Camp
Facilities that administered support and help for those who were threatened to move by the Holocaust and lost their homes due to the Holocaust
Culture
- Customs, arts, traditions, or religions with a certain group or nation
Nazi
A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, who have contributed to the Holocaust with the ideology of intense nationalism
The Nazi party was outlawed in Germany
Einsatzgruppen
Composed of the German SS and police personnel, whose task was to cause mass killings, shootings, and exterminations
Ghetto
An isolated or segregated group or area
Final Solution
The Nazi policy or rule of killing and exterminating European Jews
Ideology
A system of ideas or ideals
Race
Human classification that categorizes people sharing the same culture, history, or language, etc.
Death March
The forced movement of prisoners in Nazi Germany to move prisoners away from the front lines of the war