Ethnic Minorities 4 Flashcards
How were e/m treated under the Weimar constitution?
Life for ethnic minorities varied widely depending on who they were and where they lived?
What was Article 113?
It said that groups that spoke a different language couldn’t be legally stopped from using their language and preserving their national identity.
As there were so many Jews in Berlin. What was it known as?
Jew Berlin
Name me one anti Semitic organisation under the Weimar constitution?
The Germans peoples Offensive and Defensive Alliance, had 25,000 members in 1919 and around 170,000 when it was disbanded in 1923.
How many Jewish soldiers had fought and died in WW1?
85,000 had fought and around 12,000 had died
Who else apart from Jews were discriminated against and why?
Gypsies were discriminated against because they moved around, and didn’t contribute to the country by working.
What did the Nazis want Germany to be?
They wanted Germany to be racially pure. This also meant getting rid of the disabled and elderly.
When did the Nazis began a compulsory sterilisation programme?
1st January 1934
How people were sterilised?
400,000
What were the Nuremberg Race Laws of 1935?
They were a growing number of laws to exclude Jews from many areas of life. Anyone with 3 or 4 grandparents was Jewish. So a catholic nun whose parents had been Jewish was still considered Jewish.
When did the Night of broken glass take place and what happened?
9th November 1938 and over 260 synagogues were burned and Jewish owned shops and homes were attacked.
What was the first option the Nazis gave the Jews?
The Nazis encouraged Jews to get away and leave Germany. They took a flight tax of 30 - 50% of their wealth. However only around 45,000 left.
Who were the Einsatzgruppen and what did they do?
They were a special ss unit and their official job was to root out Polish political resistance and kill them. They murdered about 2 million Jews.
What were Ghettos?
A slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
When and were was the first Ghetto set up?
October 1939 , Piotrkow
