holocaust Flashcards
what was the Dolchstoss theory?
the theory in 1918 that the Germany only lost due to jewish interference
when was the failed nazi boycott of jewish goods?
1933 or shortly after Hitler came to power
when and what was the Nuremberg laws?
denied jewish people German citizenship and also kind of outlaw marriage to jewish people or people of jewish descent.
September 1935
what was the night of the broken glass?
destruction of jew owned property (also take to concentration camps)
jewish people lost their businesses to “aryan” german
what and when was the Evian conference?
1938
Hitler essentially asked if any other countries would be willing to house the jewish population. they all essentially said they weren’t going to change their immigration quotas
=> confirm to hitler this was a Germany thing
what were some of the emmigration plans ?
Nisko
Madagascar
what and when was the Wansee conference?
essentially top general in the nazi meet and essentially decided that its genocide from then on out
1942
name of structuralist historian?
Hans Mommsen (the party radicalize because they were all trying to impress Hitler)
name of functionalist historian?
Martin Broszat (overcrowding due to the war)
historian for jewish resistance?
Yehuda Bauer - simply surviving
Maintenance of religious traditions and culture- Dawidowicz
complicity historian?
Goldhagen- every German is to blame and is complicit
Browning- reluctant and many did not want to but due to social reason did not stand up.
complicity abroad historian?
Rafael Medoff: American Jewish leaders began speaking out more consistently. However, the Roosevelt administration routinely suppressed such reports
Michael Marrus: The Reiner Telegram did not convey an entirely accurate picture of what was happening in Europe, but it should nevertheless have set alarm bells ringing
