Minorities Weimar Republic

Question 1

Give some examples of integration between groups before 1918

Answer 1

1915 1/3 of married Jews were married ti non-Jews, business was integrated

Question 2

Examples of prejudice before 1918

Answer 2

Protestant prejudice against Catholics, Poles, gypsies and Jews were not seen as part of the Volk

Question 3

What did Article 113 say

Answer 3

Minority groups could use their own language and preserve their identity-often not implemented however

Question 4

What percentage of the population was Jewish in 1918 and 1933

Answer 4

1918 1%

1933 0.76%

Question 5

What contribution did Jews make to society?

Answer 5

5 Jews held cabinet posts in government, including Rathenau, Jewish literature and films, 85’000 `Jews had fought in WW1

Question 6

What was the German Peoples Offensive and Defensive Alliance

Answer 6

An anti-Semitic organisation with 170’000 members

banned in 1923

Question 7

Give another example of anti-Semitism at this time?

Answer 7

Conservative judges were anti-Semitic

Jews blamed for losing the war

Increase in anti-Semitism during the depression

Question 8

How did the Jews combat anti-Semitism

Answer 8

Organisations like the Reich ``federation of Jewish Front soldiers set up