Glossary

BDM-The girls branch of the Hitler Youth that taught young women to be good mothers and to stay physically fit.

Communist- sticking to or based on the principals of a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Death Camps- Places where Jewish people were sent by Hitler to be exterminated

Eugenics- The science of selective breeding in a human population

Gestapo- Hitler's secret police that did all of the dirty work like eliminating political enemies and finding out if someone is hiding a Jewish person

Hitler- The German dictator during the Holocaust

Hitler Youth- a youth organization that forced the ideals of the Nazi party and military training on the young population

Jewish- of or relating to Jews or Judaism