Hitler's 'Hate List' Flashcards
Who did Hitler believe were the master race, and what did they have the right to do?
He felt that Germans were the master race and had the right to dominate inferior races such as Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, black and Indian people.
What word did Hitler use to describe the ‘master race’?
Aryan.
What would an ideal Aryan be?
Strong, tall, blond, blue-eyed and white.
What did Hitler say about the strong?
‘The strong must dominate and not blend with the weak’.
How many Gypsies and Jews died in death camps in the years up to 1945?
Over half a million Gypsies, and over 6 million Jews died in death camps.
What did Hitler do as soon as he came to power?
He began to discriminate against the Jews.
When did persecution of Jews become even worse?
When war broke out in 1939.
Where were Jews rounded up and forced to work?
In ghettos.
Who hunted down and executed Jews?
Execution squads.
Who were the ‘undesirables’?
People who Hitler felt were incapable of working to make Germany a greater nation and existence weakened the nation. He wanted to get rid of them to strengthen Germany.
What happened to tramps, beggars and alcoholics?
Around half a million tramps, beggars and alcoholics were sent to concentration camps in 1933. Many were worked to death.
What happened to prostitutes, homosexuals and problem families?
They were sent to the camps too.
What happened to many people with strong religious beliefs?
They were sent to the camps. Some were pacifists who refused to go in the army, others refused to offer total loyalty to anyone other than God.
How many physically and mentally disabled men and women were forcibly sterilised by the Nazis?
About 350,000.
What did Hitler want to stop about disabled people?
He wanted to stop them passing any of their ‘deformities’ to their children, as this didn’t fit in with Hitler’s vision of a race of strong and powerful Aryans.
