The document defines key terms related to the Holocaust including: Antisemitism (dislike of Jews), Appell (roll call of prisoners), Blitzkrieg (Hitler's lightning war strategy), Crematorium (ovens to burn bodies), and Extermination Camp (camps designed to kill Jews). It also defines terms like Gas Chambers (rooms sealed off and filled with poisonous gas), Gestapo (secret police that opposed political opposition), Ghetto (areas Jews were kept before camps), and Holocaust (Nazi murder of Jewish people in WWII). Additional terms include Judenrat (Jewish councils in ghettos), Kapo (prisoners who oversaw other prisoners),

1. By: Matthew Ramos
D1: NIGHT PICTURE
DICTIONARY

2. Antisemitism
Dislike or Hatred of Jews

3. Appell
The roll call of prisoners in Nazi camps

4. Blitzkrieg
Means “lightning war”; Hitler’s attack strategy

5. Canada
The name given to storage buildings by the
Jewish prisoners that worked in them

6. Crematorium
Ovens built in concentration camps to burn the
dead bodies that the camps accumulated

7. Collaboration
The working together of citizens of a country
and the people occupying it

8. Death Marches
Forced marches of large numbers of prisoners
where many of them died brutal deaths

9. Extermination Camp
Six major camps designed and built for the
purpose of killing Jews

10. Fuhrer
German word for “leader”, that was adopted by
Adolf Hitler as his title

11. Gas Chambers
Large rooms that were sealed off with Jews
inside and then filled with poisonous gas

12. Gestapo
Secret German police that were ordered to
stomp out political opposition

13. Ghetto
The parts or areas of a town that Jews were
kept in before being sent to a camp

14. Holocaust
The systematic capture, and murder of Jewish
people by the political group Nazi’s in WWII

15. Judenrat
Jewish councils created inside of the ghettos to
keep order

16. Kapo
A prisoner in the camp who takes a role of
overseeing duties by other prisoners

17. Mein Kampf
Hitler’s autobiography, in which he talks about
where he wants to take Germany in the future

18. Mizrah
Means sunrise, or east; usually an item of value
is put onto a door frame facing east.

19. Pogrom
A Government organized attack on a group of
people

20. SA
Terrorist soldiers that helped secure Hitler’s rise
to power

21. Scrip
Paper currency or tokens used to show that the
owner was to receive something

22. SS
German elite guard, along with Hitler’s personal
protection

23. Swastika
An Ancient symbol used to ward off evil
spirits, adopted by the Nazi group

24. Tallis
Shawl worn by men during prayer

25. Warsaw Ghetto
The largest ghetto in Poland, covering over 100
square blocks

26. Zyklon B
A chemical pesticide used in gas chambers to
kill Jews in massive numbers