cultural life in germany Flashcards
the boycott of jewish businesses
1st april 1933
jews could no longer work for the government
april 1933
law against overcrowding of German schools
april 1933
nuremberg laws
september 1935
“israel” or “sarah” to Jews name
1938
kristallnacht
9th november 1938
results of kristallnacht
90+ people killed
1,000 jewish shops and businesses looted
191 synagogues burnt down
over next few days, 20,000 jewish boys and men rounded up by nazis and sent to concentration camps
jewish community forced to pay:
- 30 million DM for cost of reconstruction
- fine of 1 Billion DM
how many Jews emigrated after Kristallnacht
250,000
mainly to palestine, US, latin america
how many boys in Hitler youth when war broke out
7.2 million
when was hitler youth made compulsory
december 1936
when was hitler youth formed
as early as 1922
number of women in uni’s in 1933 and 1939
1933 = 20,000 1939 = 5,000
number of people going on holidays thanks to strength through joy
1938 = 10 million workers went on a holiday trip 1938 = 180,000 went on strength through joy sponsored cruises
when were first VW cars introduced
1938
when did hitler sign the concordant with the pope
1933
hitler begins concentrated attack on catholic church
1937
200 priests arrested on charges of financial and sexual impropriety
in 1933, how many followers did the protestant church have
48 million followers with 28 different state churches
when the confessional church was banned, and how many clergy it had when this ban occurred
september 1933
had 5,000 clergy
when hitler suspended Atkion T4, how many people had already been euthanised
100,000
editorial law
for the press
october 1933
in 1935, radio audience in germany was what number
56 million
when did all German filmmakers have to join the Reich Chamber of Film
1933
when did all subject matter of films have to be approved
1937
hitler’s mother’s birthday
12th august 1860
jewish civil servants, lawyers and teachers sacked
1933
when were attacks on jews legitimised by the state
1937
olympics held in berlin
august 1936
propoganda movies
jud suss
the eternal jew
propaganda newspaper
der sturmer
the same company also published the poisonous mushroom, anti-semitic children’s schoolbook
when was the law introduced where doctors had to report patients who had any conditions that made them eligible for forced sterilisation
july 1933
e.g. “feeble-mindedness” = a condition that could be interpreted in many ways
between 1934-45, how many people sterilised (stopped from having children)
350,000
when was the secret operation T4 introduced
october 1939, ordered by hitler
began with the killing of 5,000 mentally and physically handicapped children
when was the news of the euthanasia programme leaked out
1941
when did hitler cancel the T4 programme, and how many people had been already killed by it
august 1941
100,000
when did the T4 programme secretly resume, and what was different this time
august 1942
killed by lethal injection or drug overdose, not gassing
total number of mentally ill or handicapped people killed by 1945
275,000
around how many romani lived in europe in 1939
1 million
how many romani killed by end of war
200,000
how many homosexual arrested by nazis
100,000
15,000 sent to concentration camps
what was the death rate of homosexuals in the concentration camps
60%
had to wear pink triangles on prison clothing
define eugenics
the idea of improving race by selective breeding
