History 2 Flashcards
who were the ‘undesirables’/ ‘unworthy of life’ to the nazis
- Jews
- Gypsies
- Homeless
- Juvenile delinquents
- Disabled persons
what is the master race theory
a theory that says that the Aryan race is the superior race
what is done with the ‘undesirables’
- Slandered - Labeled publicly as a drag on society/made out to look bad
- Ostracized - ‘pushed out’ of society
- Sterilized - Sterilization law (July 1933) authorized, cannot have kids
- Concentration camps - set apart from others in camps
- Euthanized - killed
Ostracized
- Jewish businesses boycotted (April ‘33)
- Jews purged from government offices
- Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
Nov. 1938 - Jews and Gypsies required to register
with the government-set apart as
“other”
Concentration camps (info) 4
- Undesirables sent to Concentration
Camp - Initially, most were forced labor and
prison camps - Eventually, Nazis began designing and
building camps away from public view
-These were where the true horrors
developed. - Most of the first prisoners were political
prisoners - Communists - 1933
Final solution
- Attempt to systematically kill all Jews
- Began in 1941 (not the first killings of
Jews) - Extermination camps built specifically for
this purpose - Over 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis
Concentration camps - definition
A place where certain groups of people
are collected and separated from the
rest of society
Who was Himler - escalation
- Himler promotes a war against
“organized elements of sub-humanity” in
1936 - By July 1938, most of the prisoner
population is “undesirables”, not political
prisoners
Slandered
-Labeled publicly as a drag on society
- Shift public opinion
- Shame vs. Honor
Sterilized
Sterilization law (July 1933) authorized
- sterilization of people with certain illnesses
Loosely worded, and therefore easy to abuse
Nearly 700,000 people sterilized
Euthanized
In ’39, Nazis began to secretly kill some deemed “undesirable
Specifically mentally and physically ill
Included infants, children, and teenagers
conditions in concentration camps
- loss of all personal possessions
- hard labor
- abuse
- dehumanization
- medical experimentations
what was the gestapo
the official secret police of Nazi Germany and later , occupied Europe
organization of concentration camps
- run by SS
- only Dachau and Litchenburg were started in the early 30’s
- new camps were isolated from public view
Adolf Eichmann
- his responsibilities as the leader of the SS
- identify Jews
- Assemble them
- Get them to their final destination efficiently
