Chapter 18 - final

Question 1

When was the boycott of Jewish shops?

Answer 1

1 April 1933

Question 2

How long did the boycott last and how long was it hoped it would last?

Answer 2

It was hoped it would last indefinitely but in the end it lasted just a day.

Question 3

How many Jews emigrated out of Germany in 1933?

Answer 3

37,000

Question 4

How many Jews worked as lawyers?

Answer 4

16%

Question 5

What percentage of Germany doctors were Jews?

Answer 5

10%

Question 6

What happened to Jewish doctors in April 1933?

Answer 6

The Nazis banned them.

Question 7

When was the Law against Overcrowding of German Schools and Universities passed?

Answer 7

April 1933

Question 8

What was the reason for the Law against Overcrowding of German Schools and Universities?

Answer 8

It was argued that more-deserving Aryan students would receive more resources and attention, instead of wasting time and money on pupils that would grow up to be enemies of Germany.

Question 9

When was the Reich Press Law passed?

Answer 9

October 1933

Question 10

What did the Reich Press Law do?

Answer 10

Enabled the regime to censor and close down any publications they disliked, resulting in many Jewish publications were shut down.

Question 11

When were the Nuremburg Laws announced?

Answer 11

1935

Question 12

What did Hitler announce at the Nuremburg Part Rally in 1935?

Answer 12

The the Communist International had declared war on Nazism and that it was time to ‘deal once and for all with Jewish-Bolshevism’.

Question 13

When were the Nuremburg Laws introduced?

Answer 13

15 September 1935

Question 14

Why did Hitler announce the Nuremburg Laws?

Answer 14

Many fanatical anti-Semites in the party believed the Nazi persecution of Jews had not gone far enough.

Question 15

What laws were introduced under the Nuremburg Laws?

Answer 15

• The Reich Citizenship Law

- The Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour

Question 16

What did the Reich Citizenship Law do?

Answer 16

It stated that someone could only be a German citizen if they had purely German blood. Those who lost their citizenship (Jews for example) had fewer rights.

Question 17

What did the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour do?

Answer 17

It outlawed marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans and banned any sexual relations.

Question 18

What were Aryan women married to Jews encouraged to do?

Answer 18

Divorce their husbands as they would become a burden on them.

Question 19

What constituted a ‘full Jew’?

Answer 19

Someone who had three Jewish grandparents or had two Jewish grandparents and was married to a Jew.

Question 20

What is a Mischlinge?

Answer 20

The Nazi term for someone with both Aryan and Jewish ancestry.

Question 21

What was the First Supplementary Decree on the Reich Citizenship Law and when was it passed?

Answer 21

It defined what a ‘full Jew’ was and was passed in November 1935.