Holocaust Vocabulary

Word	Definition In Words That Make Sense	Sentence and Picture
Holocaust (proper noun)	the killing of 6,000,000 Jews and other people by Hitler and the Nazis	-Picture of a Nazi killing many people Many Jews escaped the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a really bad time for the Jews.
genocide (noun)	a planned out killing of a whole group of people that share a culture or religion	Genocide is the worst cause of racism there is. In genocide, you are killed because of your beliefs or your culture.
Nazi (proper noun)	people that followed Hitler who disliked Jews (and anyone who wasn’t White)
anti-Semitism (proper noun) anti-Semitistic (proper adjective)	the hatred of Jews	Swastika = sign of the Nazis and anti-Semitism
agenda (noun)	a well thought out plan	Many people believe that Osama Bin Laden had an agenda to crash planes into the Twin Towers.
segregation (noun) segregate (verb)	separation based on skin color or beliefs	Picture of separate schools for Whites and others/ drinking fountains/ Whites and Blacks separated.
harass (verb)	bully	Stop harassing me!
scapegoat (noun)	person blamed for something they didn’t do	Hitler used Jews as scapegoats for the money problems in Germany. Today, immigrants are used as scapegoats for the money problems in the U.S. People say, “The immigrants are taking our jobs.”
quota (noun)	a defined number of people	Picture of a certain number of people
ghetto (noun)	an area of the city where Jews were forced to live; not a nice place; very controlled by the military	Picture of a not nice place to live.
resistance (noun)	a group of people who fight against who is in power	Picture of people protesting.
concentration camps (noun)	a camp Jews were sent to be murdered, or to do hard work for the Nazis	Picture of big grave of people, or a Jew doing hard work.