L24 - Development of Persecution (Violent) Flashcards
What happened in March 1938?
German Anschuluss with Austria
What did the Anschuluss lead to and why?
Increasing antisemitism because Adolf Eichmann was a ‘specialist on Jews’ in their expulsion from German territory
How many Jews had been driven out of Austria by 1940?
130,000
How man Jews would Eichmann later deport to killing centers?
1.5 million
What is Kristallnacht and what is it?
The night of broken glass. It involved antisemitic violence on Jew shops and buisnesses
How did the Nazi government justify Kristallnacht?
A Jewish man had entered the german embassy and murderred the ambassodor supposedly because of the discrimination his sister was facing
Who was blamed for the event?
Jews
How many shops were destroyed and how many jews killed and sent to concentration camps?
-7500 shops dammaged or destroyed
-100 jews killed
-30,000 jews sent to concentration camp
How many jews voluntary left between kristallnacht and the outbreak of the second war?
120,000
What were some of the further laws introduced to ‘aryanise’ german society?
- Jews deprived of property
- Jewish children expelled from attending school
- Jews not allowed to drive
What was Germany’s original plan for removing the ‘jewish problem’?
The Madagascar plan = mass deportation of 4 million jews to be shipped to madagascar over four years.
What happened to the madagascar plan?
It was shelved and replaced in public policy by evacuation to the east (ghettos)
Why were ghettos established?
To seggregate and control jews by detaining them from the rest of the population
What would the nazis resort to after ghettos?
extermination camps
What was Hitler’s final aim regarding jews?
that they would eventually be eradicated
