Essay Info Flashcards
The Nuremberg Laws
When - 1935
- who you could marry
- what a Jew is (one practicing grandparent)
- takes away a Jewish person’s right to vote, or occupy office.
Were the leaders responsible for the holocaust?
Hitler, Himmler (head of the SS), Goebbels (Hitler’s propagandist).
For
- They gave the orders, created the laws and supported the Holocaust, ideologically and financially.
- they were anti-Semitic
Against
- They didn’t directly hurt anyone
- Hitler could not have made the holocaust possible by himself
- Hitler originally didn’t want to kill the Jews, he just wanted them gone.
Were the perpetrators responsible for the Holocaust?
Soldiers, SS, Supporting countries.
For
- they committed the acts
- they ran the camps
- they hunted down the Jews
- they upheld the law
Against
- they were following orders
- they would have been punished if they didn’t do their jobs.
- if they didn’t, someone else would have.
Were the bystanders responsible for the holocaust
German citizens, countries that didn’t actively do anything.
For
- they didn’t revolt
- they made the Nazi party so popular
- they were anti-Semitic
- some countries didn’t take in enough/any refugees
Against
- they also would have been punished (political prisoners in Dachu for example)
- Hitler wasn’t elected
- lots of other countries were anti-Semitic and they didn’t have holocausts
- taking in more refugees wouldn’t have stopped the holocaust
Was the situation responsible for the holocaust
For
- The country had taken an economic down turn
- there was growing anti-Semitic culture
Against
- many other countries had the same situation and no holocaust
Were the allies responsible?
America, Britain, Australia, ect.
For
- they let the holocaust escalate
- they didn’t take in many refugees
- they didn’t bomb the train lines
Against
- they did try and end the war
- they did not give orders for the holocaust nor take part in it.
““If 6,000,000 cattle had been slaughtered, there would have been more interest. A way would have been found.” - US Congressman
Were the Persecuted groups responsible for the Holocaust
For
- they could have left
- Jehovah’s Witnesses could have denounced their religion
Against
- many tried leaving but couldn’t
- they resisted, ghettos revolted, people escaped from camps, they continued to seek asylum.
Propaganda
Information/advertising of a biased nature used to promote a political cause, ideology or point of view
Censorship
The suppression of free speech, public communication or other information
Nazi censorship
- Book burning, for example they burned Helen Keller’s (she was blind and death).
- political prisoners were arrested for expressing contrasting ideas, this includes communists.
Nazi propaganda
- school children were indoctrinated
- Hitler Youth
- Hitler’s speeches were broadcasted over radio, rallies were held.
- Newspapers (Jews were banned from producing them, goebbels ministry of propaganda sent out daily instructions to newspapers, ‘The Attacker’ encouraged attacking Jews)
- Anti-Jewish movies were produced (The Eternal Jew)
Joseph Goebbels
A German politician and reich minister of propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Heinrich Himmler
Leader of the SS and leading member of the Nazi Party.
Adolf Hitler
Leader of the Nazi party, chancellor of Germany and the Fuhrer of Nazi Germany.
What was the holocaust
Mass persecution and genocide committed against Jews, black people, people with disabilities, gypsies, mentally ill people and Jehovah’s witnesses
1933-1945
12 years
