4) Racial State 3: Kristallnacht Flashcards
What did the SA thugs and the NSDAP members do?
Attacked and burned down synagogues throughout Germany and Jewish businesses and homes were also destroyed
What gave the Nazis an excuse to attack Jews in a state-led persecution?
The assassination of Ernst van Rath, a diplomatic official, by a Jew on the 7th of November gave the Nazis an excuse to attack the Jews in a state-les persecution
In all, what were the figures of damage?
191 synagogues were burned down, and 36 Jews were killed in Berlin alone. Across Germany the total death toll rose to 91.
How many Jewish people were arrested and placed in concentration camps such as Dachau?
30,000
What did the Nazis want to portray Kristallnacht as?
An event that wasn’t planned, and that was simply a spontaneous riot at the news of van Rath’s death.
If the Nazis claim Kristallnacht was not plannes, what is curious?
The fact that SA and NSDAP members across Germany began their riot at the exact same time
Who seems to have been the real villain behind Kristallnacht?
Joseph Goebbels
What did Goebbels do on the 9th of November?
He made a speech which inspired thr attacks on the Jewish community
How did Goering make things worse?
He confiscated insurance payments to make Jews liable for the repair of the damaged buildings
What did Göring fine the Jews on the 12th of November 1938?
He fined the Jewish community 1 billion Reichsmarks and passed the Decree on Eliminating the Jew from German Economic Life
What did the Decree on Eliminating the Jew from German Economic Life (12th of November 1938) exclude Jews from?
From any type of participation in the economic life of the Reich
