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F-J

F

Fascism
Final Solution
Franco
Führer

G

General gouvernment
Genocide
Gentile
Gestapo
Ghetto

H

Heydrich, Reinhard
Hindenburg, President
Hitler Putsch
Holocaust

I

Ideology
Indoctrination

J

Jewish Council
Judenrat
Judenrein

Also called the Judenral, these were ordered to be formed by the Nazis in order to help administer the ghettos. They were made up of prominent members of the local Jewish community. They had a gravely difficult task. While trying to help their own people to survive, they also had to comply with orders given to them by the Nazis.