Life For Jews And Minorities Flashcards
What was untermenschen ,
People without German blood were untermenschen (subhuman)
How were mentally and physically disabled people treated in Nazi Germany?
They were killed. Even disabled babies were killed. Programmes of euthanasia were carried out. This group even included blind and deaf
How were Jehovah’s witnesses treated?
There were only around 25,000. If they denounced their faith and swore an oath to Hitler they would not be prosecuted. If not they would be sent to prison.
How were career criminals treated?
They were sent labour camps and used by the SS to beat and bully fellow inmates
How were gypsies treated
We’re as dangerous as Jews
233,000 died
How were political opponents treated?
They were sent to concentration camps from 1933 as a result of the Reichstag fire
How were homosexuals treated
They were frowned upon as they did not meet Nazi ideals of having children.
In 1933 Hitler youth attacked the institute for sex research which studied homosexuality
What are Asocial Germans
People who were deemed work shy, beggars, alcoholics, pacifists and prostitutes.
What did the nazis believe about the Africans and Asians
That they were the product of a union between Eve and the devil
What did the nazis believe about the English Danes and French
They weren’t so bad as they would have some German blood.
What did the nazis believe about the slavs
They were only fit for slavery
Who was a key figure in persecution of minorities and why
Ernst rudin- wrote the law for prevention of hereditarily diseased offspring
When and what was the one-day boycott
April 1st 1933 was when a boycott of Jewish owned businesses and shops took place. This was to prevent Jews making money that day. S.A officers actively encouraged Germans to avoid entering Jewish places of work.
When did towns start putting up signs excluding Jews and what did these signs read?
The signs read “Jews not wanted here”. They put them up in public places like parks and cafes. This started in summer 1935
Why did persecution ease during the 1936 Olympics?
The Nazis wanted to show to international stage that they were a good country and healing after the loss of ww1
What did the Nuremberg laws include
Two main elements
- The Reich citizenship law: Jews were no longer German citizens and were deprived of political and economic rights. They became wards of the state.
- The law for protection of German blood and German honour: it became illegal for Jews and Aryans to marry or engage in sexual relations outside marriage
What changes for Jews in 1938
They had to carry identity cards, their passports marked with a ‘j’ symbol and forced to use new names, Isreal for men and Sarah for women
What was Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht (the night of the broken glass) occurred in November 1938. This is because a Nazi diplomat was assassinated by a Jew in Paris. This led to violence all over Germany towards Jews. This event was a massive breakout of Jewish persecution.
400 synagogues
7500 shops
Many homes destroyed
91 Jews killed and 20,000 sent to concentration camps in the following months.
Nazis fined Jews 1billion marks for damages caused. The Jews were even forced to clean up the streets after the attacks.
When were Jews banned from key professions?
January 1937
How did Jews resist persecution?
Armed resistance
Cooperation
Emigration and hiding
Personal heroism and survival
Non-violent resistance
When where the Nuremberg laws put into place
September 1935
