Nazi And The Jews Flashcards
What were some of the Nuremberg laws?
1935 - decree regrading the change of family name. Jews were only allow certain first names, Jews with different ones than listed must change them to a default one… Men; israel…. Women; Sara in addition to their own
1939 - decree to eliminate the Jews from economic life. Jews were forbidden to own shops, to engage in any trade or to offer sales, advertise or accept orders of goods.
1933 - law for the protection of German blood and honour. Marriage between Germans or kindred blood and a Jew is forbidden
What changes in 1936?
The Berlin Olympics - stopped the boycotting and other terrors on Jews, the German army wasn’t strong enough for war yet.
What was the night of broken glass 1938?
10th November ‘38 - 10,000 Jewish shopkeepers had their windows smashed and content stolen. 91 Jews were killed and 20,000 put in concentration camps.
200 synagogues were brunt down and on the 12th of November the Jews were ordered to pay a five of one billion marks I the government.
What were the concentrations camps during this time?
They weren’t death camps until 1942
In 1933 what happened which involved the Jews?
Boycotting Jewish shops and petty violence towards them, sacked them from public jobs and segregation of public places. There was also a media campaign of hate
Why did the nazi hate the Jews?
Blamed the Jews for the treaty of Versailles
Jealously; Jews had jobs that were high earning
They were a visual minority
Racism; they believed they were another race, thought they were ‘sub human’
Communism; many believed that Jews were communists
