Lesson 5.

Question 1

Define the term “Semite.”

Answer 1

A Semite is someone who descends from the line of Shem, a son of Noah in the Old Testament. These people were generally from South-western Asia and included Hebrews, Arabs, Babylonians and Ethiopians.

Question 2

List some of the rules against Jews.

Answer 2

Jewish people are not allowed to work for the government April 1933

Jewish people are not allowed to be members of sports clubs- April 1933

Jewish people lose the rights of German citizens Sep 1935

Jewish people are not allowed to marry non-Jewish people Sep 1935

Jewish doctors cannot treat non-Jewish patients July 1938

Jewish children are not allowed to go to school with non-Jewish children Nov 1938

Jewish people are not allowed to own businesses Nov 1938

Jewish people are not allowed to attend the cinema Nov 1938

Jewish people are not allowed to drive cars Dec 1938

Jewish people are not allowed to go to university Dec 1938

Jewish people can be thrown out of their homes at any time- April 1939.

Jewish people must be at home from 8pm in the winter and 9pm in the summer Sep 1939

Jewish people are not allowed to own radios Sep 1939

Jewish people are not allowed to use telephones July 1940

Jewish people over 6 years of age must wear a yellow star Sep 1941

Jewish people cannot buy magazines or newspapers Feb 1942

Jewish people cannot keep pets Feb 1942

Jewish children are not allowed to go to school June 1942.

Question 3

What does the Shoah mean?

Answer 3

It means “the catastrophe”, in relation to the Holocaust.

Question 4

What did Nazis use?

Answer 4

• Extermination camps.
• Transit camps.
• Ghettos: Jew-only place blocked in by fences/wooden panels. Segregation.
• Forced labour camps: selected men were chosen to labour, with just enough nourishment to work
• Mass shooting sites.

Question 5

List the victims of the Holocaust.

Answer 5

• 6 million European Jews murdered. Only Jews were murdered for complete extermination, other enemies such as Sinti/Roma/disabled people/Soviet prisoners of war/Polish elites weren’t as targeted. Using “Holocaust” as a catch-all term for Nazi persecution can obscure the varying groups being targeted. “Shoah” was targeted.
• Roma- 250,000 killed. 23,000 held in Auschwitz.
• Poles- 1.8 million killed, 900,000 died in Nazi camps.
• Soviet Prisoners of War- 3 million died in camps.
• Euthanasia programme for disabled people- 275,000 killed.
• Jehovah witness- Christians who don’t believe in blood transfusion- sometimes do a form of shunning- 2000/2500 held in camps- 1400 killed.
• Homosexuals- Imprisonment between 3 months to 10 years/50,000 men convicted. Between 5-15,000 held in camps.
• Germans of African descent- 500 teenagers.