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Flight Tax
History; Israeli history

Tax levied in December 1931 on all emigrating German nationals in an attempt to deter flight during the depression.

Displaced Persons (DPs)
History; Israeli history

Term used to describe people driven out of their homes during times of war. The term is often used in reference to Jewish Holocaust refugees.

Fahd Plan
History; Israeli history

Proposed by Crowned Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia in August of 1981. The eight point plan called for the creation of a Palestinian state according to the pre-1967 borders and Arab ...

Death's Head Guard Battalions
History; Israeli history

These were the units of the SS which guarded the concentration camps during the war, whose members were drawn from the Allgemeine SS. As the military situation worsened in ...

Star of David
History; Israeli history

The six-pointed star emblem commonly associated with Judaism. During the Holocaust, Jews throughout Europe were required to wear Stars of David on their sleeves or fronts and ...

Machpela
History; Israeli history

The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the second holiest Jewish site, the traditional burial place of the nation's biblical forefathers.

Yiddish
History; Israeli history

Uses the same alphabet as Hebrew but is a blend of Hebrew and several European languages, primarily German. Yiddish was the vernacular of East European and Russian Jews.

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