life in nazi germany: how jewish lives chaanged, Flashcards
how would each statement encourage germans to target and persecute jews: there was a long continuous history of anti-semitism in Germany?
normalised it.
how would each statement encourage germans to target and persecute jews: jews were racially inferior?
dehumanised.
how would each statement encourage germans to target and persecute jews: germany was dominated by jews who controlled the economy?
scapegoat- made Germany fail. blamed them for wall street crash and its effect on germany.
how would each statement encourage germans to target and persecute jews: jews were communists. they had led the revolution in russia in 1917 and would lead a revolution in germany?
setting them up- others were happy it’s germany and didn’t want it to change.
how would each statement encourage germans to target and persecute jews: jews were cowards and pacifists. their refusal to fight for germany helped cause the defeat in 1918?
scapegoat.
how would each statement encourage germans to target and persecute jews: jews owned the big businesses in germany. d profited from the economic problems of the 1920/30’s?
make them seem immorale and put them into subset to make them different tot others in germany.
social persecution: what was it used for?
install fear in jews and make other germans suspicious of them.
social persecution: how did it make jews feel?
isolated.
social persecution: how did the germans do this?
boycotts and signs.
humiliation: what it used to do?
make fear of mistreatment, install fear to not speak out.
humiliation: how did they do this to the jews?
had property damaged, punished for speaking out/ to police.
humiliation: what’s an example of where the nazis punished someone relating to the jews for speaking out to the police about them?
Siegel spoke to police then had to walk the streets barefoot with sign saying i will never again complain to the police.
humiliation: how did it make jews feel?
isolated and embarrassed.
publications: what was it used to do?
spread nazi ideology and propaganda.
publications: how did the nazis use this to target the jews, give an example?
books such as the child book toad-stall, depicted jews as poisonous mushrooms and how they could corrupt everyone.
publications: how they depict jews and an example?
money grabbers, communists and demise of germany. some newspapers eg: der stormer printed anti jewish cartoons showing them as pedophilles and rapists.
what did the 1935 reich law on citizenship entail for jews?
removed german- jews citizenship which meant no protection or rights.
what did the 1935 reich laws for protection of german blood and honour entail for jews?
banned marriages or sex between aryans and jews, german women under 45 couldn’t work in jewish homes.
kristallnacht: when did it take place?
november 9-10th 1938.
kristallnacht: what was it?
violent, anti-jewish attacks on jewish buildings and palaces of worships.
kristallnacht: who was involved?
gobbles said if you cause damage you wouldn’t be stopped.
SA, hitler youth.
kristallnacht: how many synagogues were destroyed?
267 across germany and austria.
kristallnacht: what were fire service told and why?
only intervienne if fire was to spread to german properties.
kristallnacht: how many jewish stores were vandalised?
7,500.
kristallnacht: what other jewish places were vandalised?
cemetery.
kristallnacht: how many jews died in the attack?
91.
kristallnacht: what happened to other jewish people?
arrested jewish. ales, sent to concentration camps.
