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Blitzkrieg- an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.

Although the Japanese might have planned dropping bombs on Pearl Harbor as a blitzkrieg attack, the United States did not surrender.

Holocaust- destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

During the Holocaust a lot of Jews died.

Anti- Jewish laws - laws Jews.

In Germany there were Anti- Jewish laws because there were curfews for Jews and rules.

ghetto- a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

Jews were put in ghettos so the Nazi's could keep an eye on all of them.

call-up notice- an order to serve in the armed forces.

My dad was call-up notice to be signed into the army.

SS (schutzsataffel)- a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

SS officers did not like Jews so they killed them whenever they wanted to.

Nazi- a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

The Nazi hated all Jews and killed them when ever they wanted to.

Kristallnacht- Crystal Night

The background to Kristallnacht holds special interest and significance, because it reveals much about the modus operandi of the Nazi leadership.

propaganda- information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

The evil adviser spread propaganda about the rebels who were trying to put the king back on his throne.

pogroms- an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.

The pogroms holocaust was a mass pogrom of Jews and other minorities.

genocide- the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

There was a genocide because there were a lot of dead bodies on the side of the roads..

Thrid Reich- "third regime or empire," the Nazi designation of Germany and its regime from 1933-45. Historically, the First Reich was the medieval Holy Roman Empire, which lasted until 1806. The Second Reich included the German Empire from 1871-1918

Third Reich was when

anti-Semitism- hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

When Jewish families began to move into the exclusive neighborhood, some of them were met with anti-Semitism from racist neighbors.

Axis powers- the name after the Tripartite Pact was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan on 27 September 1940, in Berlin.

When the Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact they became the Axis powers.

Allies- a toy marble made of marble, alabaster, or glass.

when the Allies came to Germany the Jews new they were freed.