MIDTERMS Flashcards
Why is the word antisemitism misleading?
It’s misleading because the actual definition of antisemitism has to do with the study of multiple languages and nothing to do with religion
Antisemitism
The hatred towards all Jews and its significant because it is one of the biggest roles during the holocaust.
Why were physically/mentally disabled people targeted during the holocaust?
They were targeted because the nazis believed it would be easier to get people on board with it and keep the program a secret.
Why were gypsies targeted by the nazis?
They were related to criminal act and they couldn’t be defined by any type of racial group or social groups. Nomadic
Why were the Jehovah’s witnesses targeted by the nazis?
They didn’t know their door to door preaching, preached different ideas, wouldn’t pledge to the nazi government, wouldn’t serve in the military, and wouldn’t acknowledge state authority if it didn’t go with their religion.
Why did the nazis target the Freemasons?
Secretive, atheistic, disobedience, and liberalism.
Why did the nazis target the communists?
They would abided to hitlers shenanigans.
Why did the nazis target homosexuals?
They believed it was wrong to like the same sex for a long period of time outside experimenting.
Why did the nazis target the Slavs?
They didn’t have the same cultural achievements. Believed to be barbaric, uneducated, and primitive.
Causes of the holocaust
Political will, manipulation, and leadership
The difference between Nazi and German
Not all Germans were Nazis and not all Nazis are German.
Nazi groups in other nations
Romans: worried a different god would jeopardize the nations security. Restrictions were made like ID badges and specific living locations
Why the Nazis targeted already marginalized groups?
Easier to get others on board with what they were doing because they already weren’t well liked.
Ancient Roman treatment of the Jews
Forced to wear ID badges, moved from homes, or move out of country completely.
Because they worried that their worship of one God jeopardized the empires security
Difference between Christians and Jews
The main difference between the two is that Christians believed God wasn’t from this earth and that Jesus is the messiah
Jewish restrictions during the Middle Ages
Forced the live is certain areas, ID badges, and forced out of the area completely
Martin Luther’s influence on Hitler
Influenced many of Hitlers ideas and many of his speeches
Napoleons treatment of the Jews
He tried to repeal the laws against the Jewish people, which he made technically lawful but was never acted upon
Pale settlement
It was a precursor for Nazi behavior because it forced the Jews to live in certain communities like ghettos
Why were Jews over represented in some professions?
They were excluded from so many other jobs that those were the only options
Sephardic Jews
They had a different language from other Jews and lived in different areas
Eugenics
Study of blood and race and the scientific belief that only the healthiest and strongest with reproduce. Significant because it gave probed to wipe out the undesirables
Selective breeding
When you pick certain people to reproduce to make the best product and becomes popular during the 20th century.
Karl Binding and Alfred Hoche
Wrote a book against war veterans saying that they were useless and it’s significant because it supports the idea of selective breeding and eugenics
Herero/Nama of Africa
Genocide killing these people and it’s significant because it shows total victory by the German troops by wiping out all those people
Which country did most African Germans come from?
French troops
Paradox about homosexuals during the 1920s
Berlin was a homosexual hotspot but many were killed or attacked there because it was so greatly populated
Treaty of Versailles factors
Put all the war guilt on Germany, millions in reparations, limited the German army, 10% of gain territory lost
Intentionalists
Believed Hitler to be the master mind of mass murder which is opposite from the functionalists
Functionalists
Believed Hitlers ideas were developed over time and was saw as a weak leader. Different from the intentionalists ideas
Did Hitler has Jewish heritage?
No.
Pan-Germanism
Idea that all Germans should be held together in one state and no dispersed everywhere.
Karl Lueger
Influenced Hitler with antisemitic propaganda
Social Darwinism
When only the strong people survive and reproduce because if their genetic make up makes then different. Significant because that’s what Hitler believed