The Holocaust Word Search
A free The Holocaust word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: GENOCIDE, GHETTO, DEPORTATION, CONCENTRATION, NAZISM, ANTISEMITISM, RESISTANCE, LIBERATION, SYNAGOGUE, KRISTALLNACHT, EINSATZGRUPPEN, WAFFENSS.
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The Holocaust word list, defined
- GENOCIDE /dʒɛn.ɒsɪd/ · noun
- The deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. This includes killings, forced disappearances, torture, and forced transfers of populations. Related: massacre, holocaust, extermination, slaughter.
- GHETTO /ˈɡɛtoʊ/ · noun
- A part of a city or town where many members of a minority group live, often in poverty. A style of music originating in the 1970s in the United States, characterized by its use of electronic samples and a distinctive rhythmic style. Related: slum, ghastly, ghast, ghastliness.
- DEPORTATION /ˌdiːpɔːrˈteɪʃən/ · noun
- The act of expelling a foreigner from a country, typically by official or legal order, and sending them back to their own country. More broadly, the action of carrying or transporting something away. Related: expulsion, removal, banishment, exile.
- CONCENTRATION /ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən/ · noun
- The action or power of focusing all one's attention or mental effort on a single thing. Also, the amount of a substance present in a given volume of another substance, especially in a solution. Related: focus, attention, absorption, application.
- RESISTANCE /ˈrɛzɪstəns/ · noun, verb
- The act of resisting; the opposition or force that is offered to motion or pressure. The ability or tendency of a material to resist the flow of an electric current. Related: opposition, obstruction, hindrance, obstacle.
- LIBERATION /ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən/ · noun
- The act of freeing someone or something from control, restriction, or oppression. The state of being free from control or restriction. Related: freedom, release, emancipation, liberty.
- SYNAGOGUE /ˈsɪnəɡɔɡ/ · noun
- A building for Jewish worship and community, especially one that is not a temple. Related: temple, church, mosque, synagoga.
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