24.4-.5 Flashcards
Nuremberg Laws
denied German citizenship to Jews, banned marriage between Jews and non-Jews, and segregated Jews at every level of society
Kristallnacht
“Night of the Broken Glass” November 9, 1938 Nazi officials ordered attacks on Jews in Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland. The Nazis arrested thousands of Jews. First time German government encouraged the use of force on Jews
War Refugee Board
Worked with the Red Cross to save thousands of Eastern European Jews especially in Romania and Hungary
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met on the Black Sea in Feb. 1945 to discuss final strategy regarding postwar Germany, Eastern Europe, and Asia. They agreed that Bulgaria, Poland and Romania would hold free elections. Stalin later revoked his promise
Superpowers
Soviet Union and the United States were the two confident and strong post war superpowers. Though, the US was clearly stronger as American industry later boomed and no major battles were fought on US soil, except for Pearl Harbor
GATT
General Agreement of Tariffs and and Trade, a 1948 treaty signed by the US designed to expand world trade by reducing tariffs
United Nations
Aided to move away from colonialism, helped to create the Jewish state of Israel, meditated regional conferences, and provided food and other aid for around the world. Its goal was to succeed in the places where the League of Nations failed
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN issued this Declaration condemning slavery and torture, upholding freedom of speech and religion, and affirming that “everyone has the right to a standard living of adequate for the health and well being of himself and his family
Geneva Convention
An international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war, which the Axis Powers violated
Nuremberg Trials
Allies prosecuted Nazis for war crimes. Many defendants claimed they were just following orders and Hitler was the source of all crimes, but the judges did not accept their excuses and Nazis were either sent into long term prisons or hung.
Potsdam Conference
Allied leaders decided to divide Germany into four zones of occupation: Soviet, American, British and French, they agreed to new borders and free elections for Poland, and they recognized the Soviet’s right to claim reparations for war damages from the German sector they controlled
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of Nazi officials in 1942 to discuss the “final solution to the Jewish question” resulted in the decision to carry out the systematic extermination of all Jews
