Nazi Religious And Racial Policy Flashcards
What were the measures taken against Jews in 1933?
> Jewish shops were boycotted
> Jews were banned from civil service and jobs such as dentists,teachers, lawyers and judges.
> banned from working as journalists
What were the measures taken against Jews in 1935?
> they were banned from the armed forces.
> the Nuremberg Laws:
- Law on Citizenship meant that jew’s citizenship was taken away
- Law for Protection of German Blood and Honour made it illegal for Jews to marry or have sexual relations with aryans
What were the measures taken against Jews in 1936?
> they were banned from using the greeting ‘ Heil Hitler’
Describe Kristallnacht.
> after a Nazi official in Paris was murdered by a polish Jew, Goebbels organised the mass attack on Jewish shops.
> because of the amount of windows smashed it became known as the ‘night of broken glass’
> 7500 shops were destroyed, 400 synagogues burned, 100 Jews killed and 30,000 sent to concentration camps
> Jews were fined 1 billion Reichmarks
When was Kristallnacht?
9-10 of November 1938
What were some measures taken against Jews in 1938?
> issued with Identity cards, Jewish medical professionals disallowed from treating aryans
> forced to adopt the names of ‘Israel’ or ‘Sarah’
> Jewish passports had to be stamped with the letter J
> forced sale of Jewish businesses
Describe Nazi relations with the Catholic Church
> in 1933 concordat
- Hitler broke this
> in 1937 Pope Pius XI protested against the abuse of human rights, consequently 400 priests were sent to Dachau
What were the measures taken against Jews in 1939?
> forced to hand in jewellery
> forced into Ghettos
What was the main legislation that changed the position of women?
> law for encouragement of marriage
> Lebensborn programme
> 3 K’s
