Nazi treatment of Jews over time (6b)

Question 1

What were the 12 steps in Nazi persecution of the Jews?

Answer 1

1. Hitler accusing Jews of causing and losing WW1
2. The publishing of Mein Kampf- Hitler’s anti-semetic views
3. Boycott of Jewish shops- 1933
4. Ban on Jews having certain jobs and Jewish children playing with Aryan children- 1933
5. Nuremberg Law: no marriage between a Jew and non-Jew- 1935
6. Nuremberg Law: no Jew can be a German citizen- 1935
7. No Jews can own their own businesses- 1938
8. Kristallnacht- Jewish shops destroyed- 1938
9. Curfew on Jews + had to hand in all jewelry, gold and silver to police- 1939
10. Einsatzgruppen - squads rounding up and shooting occupied Jews 1939-42
11. Sent to ghettos- many died of starvation, disease etc- 1941
12. ‘Final solution’ begins- concentration camps to annihilate race- 1942

Question 2

How did Hitler accuse the Jews of causing and losing WW1?

Answer 2

By using propaganda i.e. posters

Question 3

In 1933 which 4 jobs were Jews banned from having?

Answer 3

Judges, Teachers, Civil Servants, Lawyers

Question 4

What did boycotting Jewish shops in 1933 do?

Answer 4

Economically isolated the Jews- people weren’t buying from shops with Nazis posted holding signs

Question 5

What did the Nuremberg Laws do to the Jews?

Answer 5

Socially isolated them

Question 6

How did Krystallnacht begin?

Answer 6

A German diplomat was shot by a Jewish student

Question 7

What, besides owning their own businesses, were Jews banned from doing in 1938? (4)

Answer 7

Being doctors
Going to state schools
Going to cinemas
Going to swimming pools

Question 8

In Krystallnacht what did Nazi leaders encourage their supporters to do?

Answer 8

-attack
-smash up
Jewish homes and shops

Question 9

What does Krystallnacht translate to in english?

Answer 9

Night of Broken Glass

Question 10

What happened in the months following Krystallnacht?

Answer 10

Many Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

Question 11

Which 2 countries in particular did Einsatzgruppen happen?

Answer 11

Poland and Ukraine

Question 12

What did SS soldiers do to Jews in Einsatzgruppen?

Answer 12

Rounded them up, made them dig their own graves, shot them

Question 13

Which major city and occupied countries were ghettos situated?

Answer 13

Warsaw in Poland; Czechoslovakia, and Lithuania

Question 14

What were conditions like in ghettos?

Answer 14

Overcrowded, cramped, and with little food and basic services