Dangerous Diction Vocabulary Quiz

22 August 2022
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Relocation - denotation
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to move to a different location
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Relocation - meaning in the context of the Holocaust
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the Jews and other minorities were moved
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Relocation - analyze the difference in connotation
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one of them is just moving and the other is like moving to a bad place, suggest something temporary
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Disinfecting or delousing centers - denotation
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a place to get rid of diseases or lice, wounds, clothing, etc. are cleaned
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Disinfecting or delousing centers - meaning in the context of the Holocaust
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gas chambers, they hid the fact that these chambers were used to kill people
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Disinfecting or delousing center - analyze the difference in connotation
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these centers are used now to help people get free of diseases but Hitler used them as a way to kill people
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Camp - denotation
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a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or other temporary means of shelter
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Camp - meaning in context of the Holocaust
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used as a concentration camp by Hitler as a place to overwork and mistreat Jews
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Camp - analyze the difference in connotation
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for many people now camps are a place that are fun but in the Holocaust they meant that you had a slim chance of survival
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The final solution - denotation
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a final plan to succeed, usually a positive outcome
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The final solution - meaning in context of the Holocaust
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a German plan to get rid of all European Jews in World War II, murdered 6 million Jews between 1941 and 1945
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The final solution - analyze the difference in connotation
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many people think of the final solution as their last shot for something good but Hitler was using his solution to kill an entire religion
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Anti - semitism
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discrimination against Jews
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Concentration camp
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a guarded camp where Jews and other minorities were taken to be overworked, mistreated, forced labor, mass execution, inadequate facilities. Some famous camps are Dachau, Benson, and Auschwitz
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Death camp
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a prison camp used for political prisoners, Jews, and other minorities where many die from poor conditions and treatment or mass execution
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Genocide
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a deliberate extermination of entire groups; political, racial, religion
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Gestapo
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German state secret police during the time of the Nazis
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Holocaust
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a mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life, in particular the attempted genocide of the Jews
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Nazi
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people who supported Hitler and help him try to get rid of all Jews
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Persecution
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a program/campaign whose goal is to exterminate a certain group; religion, ethnic, racial, social
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Propaganda
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deliberate spreading of information, usually biased or misleading
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SS (Schutzstaffel)
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an elite military unit that is a part of the Nazis and served for Hitler as a bodyguard and a special police force
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Star of David
Star of David
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a hexagram (6 points) used as a symbol of Judaism, how Hitler marked all Jews
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euphamism
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an inoffensive expression that is a substitute for one that is considered too harsh or blunt