Nazi Terminology - J

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• Judenfrei – areas "liberated" (i.e. ethnically cleansed) from any Jewish presence. German for "free of Jews".
• Judenknecht – "servant of the Jews". Gentile individuals, groups or states opposing Nazi Germany.
• Judenrampe - "Jews ramp". At death camps and concentration camps, the rail platform for unloading newly arrived (usually Jewish) internees.
• Judenrat – Jewish council. The Gestapo established Judenräte (the plural) in ghettoes to have them carry out administrative duties.
• Judenrein – areas from which any trace of a Jewish bloodline would have been completely eradicated. German for "cleansed of Jews".
• Jüdische Grundspekulationsgesellschaften – Hitler's slang term for Jewish property speculation companies.
• July 20 Plot – failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime, by Army officers led by Oberst i. G. Claus von Stauffenberg and Generaloberst Ludwig Beck; see Operation Valkyrie.