Is/Pal Midterm Flashcards
1
Q
political zionism
A
- original idea for starting Israel
- idea that Jews should have their own country + govern themselves
- started in response to attacks on Jews
2
Q
What happened in Germany in 1935
A
- beginning of the nazis
- jewish german citizenships getting revoked
- jews deported to german colonies
- mass murders began
- led to mass Jewish emigration
3
Q
Kristallnacht (what year?)
A
- 1935
- nazis destroying businesses, synagogues
- arresting and killing jews
- “night of broken glass”
- big escalation leading to the holocaust
4
Q
What and when was the refugee crisis?
A
- 1938-1939
- flood of emigration after Kristallnacht and mass killings
- Kingertransport
- U.S. filled german-austrian quota for the first time ever
5
Q
What was Kindertransport?
A
- 1938-1939
- UK took in 10,000 Jewish unaccompanied children
6
Q
2 main stages of violence against Jews
A
- mobile killing units
- Nazi troops
- after takeover of Polan-Soviet union in 1939
- kiristellnacht - 1941
- concentration camps
- final victory against “jewish-bolshevik enemy”
7
Q
what was the “Jewish-Bolshevek enemy”?
A
- claimed jews were behind the rise of communism
- particularly in Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917
- nazi propaganda
8
Q
Who was the founder of modern zionism?
A
Theodore Herzl
8
Q
Why was zionism created?
A
- Herzl
- thought antisemitism was not escapable, only avoidable
- idea to settle in then Palestine to create jewish state (israel)
9
Q
what was the diversity of Jewish experiences within Europe itself, the Americas, and the Muslim world
A
- some jews were treated badly and some treated well
- ## determined how they felt about political zionism + need for “homeland”
9
Q
how were jews treated in Europe, the Americas + Muslim world?
A
Europe
- nazis, bad obv
America
- jews emigrated to the states
- adapted judaism to fit modern day
- weren’t hugely into zionism
Muslim world
- they were settling in Palestine so obv neighbours were angry
- lots of wars and such
- made them even more into zionism bc they were getting kicked out
