THE ALPHABET BOOK OF NAZI

GERMANYBY: GRANT KINDLESPARKER, P.7

A: ARBEIT MACHTEN FREI

• WORDS OVER THE GATES TO AUSCHWITZ. IT TRANSLATES TO: WORK WILL MAKE YOU FREE

B: BERGEN BELSEN

• IT WAS A DEATH CAMP USED IN THE HOLOCAUST

C: CREMATORIUM

• IN DEATH CAMPS, NAZIS USED CREMATORIUMS TO BURN THE DEAD BODIES.

D: DEATH COUNT

• THE DEATH COUNT OF THE WAR WAS OVER 50 MILLION IN TOTAL

E: EXECUTION

• IN THE DEATH CAMPS, EXECUTIONS WERE VERY COMMON FOR THE PRISONERS

F: FINAL SOLUTION

• THIS WAS THE CODENAME FOR THE ENTIRE NAZI PROGRAM FOR EXTERMINATING THE JEWS

G: GOERING

• AN IMPORTANT NAZI GENERAL AND HITLER'S RIGHT HAND

H: HITLER

• HITLER WAS THE MAN LEADING THE NAZI PARTY

I: INFERIOR POPULATIONS

• THE NAZIS TRIED TO DESTROY ANY ONE AND EVERYONE WHO IS DIFFERENT

J: JEW OR JUDE

• JEWS ARE THE PRIMARY TARGET FOR THE NAZI PARTY AND, IN GERMAN, IT TRANSLATES TO JUDE

K: KRISTALLNACHT

• NAME OF THE THE ASSAULT ON THE JEWISH POPULATION IN GERMANY AND POLAND IN NOVEMBER 9, 1938 .

L: LEBENSRAUM

• TRANSLATES TO: LIVING ROOM - A PRINCIPLE WHICH HITLER USED TO JUSTIFY HIS INVASION OF POLAND.

M: MASS GENOCIDE

• THE NAZI PARTY KILLED OVER 6 MILLION JEWS DURING THE NAZI GERMANY PERIOD

N: NEAR EXTINCTION

• BY THE END OF WWII ONLY 3.5 MILLION JEWS WERE LEFT IN EUROPE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL 9.5 MILLION

O: ODESSA MASSACRE

• REFERS TO TWO SLAUGHTERS. ONE IN AUGUST, 1941 WHERE 34,000 JEWS WERE SHOT TO DEATH. ANOTHER LATER IN THE SAME YEAR WHERE 100,000 UKRAINIAN JEWS WERE BROUGHT THERE TO BE KILLED AS WELL.

P: PINK TRIANGLE

• THE EMBLEM PLACED ON GAY PRISONERS IN DEATH CAMPS.

Q: QUICKLIME

• AN ALKALI CHEMICAL ALSO KNOWN AS CALCIUM OXIDE OR CAUSTIC LIME. A WHITE POWDER WHICH BURNS HUMAN SKIN ON CONTACT. SEVERAL INCHES OF THIS POWDER WERE PLACED IN THE BOTTOM OF CATTLE CARS PRIOR TO LOADING JEWS.

R: ROMA OR ROMANI

• 'GYPSY' VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

S: SWASTIKA

• A SYMBOL MEANING "GOOD" OR "AUSPICIOUS“ THAT IS USED COMMONLY IN INDIAN CULTURES. IT IS ALSO THE SYMBOL THAT THE NAZI PARTY ADOPTED.

T:TREBLINKA

• ANOTHER DEATH CAMP USED DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

U:UNTERMENSCH

• TRANSLATES TO 'UNDER PEOPLE/MAN' - THE TERM APPLIED TO INFERIOR RACES LIKE JEWS, BY THE NAZIS.

V:VIDKUN QUISLING

• THE PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, HELPED THE NAZIS TAKE OVER HIS OWN COUNTRY.

W: WARSAW GHETTO REBELLION

• THE MOST FAMOUS UPRISING OF JEWISH GHETTO RESIDENTS IN WARSAW.

X: XENOPHOBIA

• AN UNREASONABLE HATE OF SOMEONE WHO IS DIFFERENT IN RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, ETC…

Y: YELLOW STAR

• THE YELLOW STAR WAS A STAR OF DAVID USED TO EASILY IDENTIFY JEWS

Z: ZYCLON-B

• A TOXIC, ODORLESS, TASTELESS, INVISIBLE GAS USED IN GAS CHAMBERS TO KILL JEWS.

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