Anti-Semetism

discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews.

Final Solution

the Nazi program of annihilating the Jews of Europe during the Third

Reich.

Fuhrer

German leader; Adolf Hitler

Fatherland

one’s native country

ghettoNoun: 1. a section of a city, especially a thickly

populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group,

often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.

2. (formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live.

3. a section predominantly inhabited by Jews.

propaganda

Noun: 1. information, ideas, or rumors deliberately

spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

2. the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc.

3. the particular doctrines or principles propagated by an organization or movement.

SS troopsThe SS troops were formed as a paramilitary

police unit that were used as Hitler's bodyguards in the early years. Later, they

were the police unit that maintained a strict control over the population. They were

identified by their all-black uniform. They were easily recognizable. They wore the

skull and cross-bones emblem on their hat and a double Lighting Bolt on their collar (for

enlisted men).

Third Reich

Official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933

to May 1945 when the government was controlled by the dictator, Hitler