a term used by the Nazis to describe whatever anti Jewish policy was in vogue. There were several ‘final solutions’ until the exterminations of Jews in death camps was decided at the end of 1941.
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HOLOCAUST
Comes from the Old Testament and means a burnt sacrificial offering exclusively to God. Used to describe the murder of Jews between 1941 and 1945 by the Nazis.
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SHOAH
Hebrew word meaning destruction
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GENOCIDE
The deliberate extermination of a race
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POGROM
Violent outbreaks against the Jews
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KAISERREICH
The period of time from 1871 – 1918 when Germany was an independent country ruled by a Kaiser
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REINHARD HEYDRICH
one of the most feared men in Nazi Germany helping Himmler cement the dictatorship started in March 1933 with the Enabling Act. Heydrich is one of the men most associated with the Holocaust. Hitler looked onHeydrich as his natural sucsessor
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Comes from the Old Testament and means a burnt sacrificial offering exclusively to God. Used to describe the murder of Jews between 1941 and 1945 by the Nazis.
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