Persecution Of The Jewish People

Question 1

What law was passed that persecuted Jewish people

Answer 1

The Nuremberg laws
This included the reich citizenship laws and the Law For The Protection of German Blood and German Honour

Question 2

What was the reich citizenship law

Answer 2

Withdrew German citizen ship from Jews
Jews became wards of the state
Lost civil rights
Economic restrictions

Question 3

What was the law for the protection of German blood and German honour

Answer 3

Segregation of Jewish people from certain public places
Yellow star appeared on Jewish owned business
Illegal to marry outside their race (penalty could be death or slave labour in a concentration camp)

Question 4

What was the kristallnact

Answer 4

In November 1938 after a murder of a German diplomat in Paris there was a spontaneous wave of attacks and terror on Jewish people

Question 5

What happened during the kristallnact

Answer 5

7500 Jewish shops were looted and burned by the SS
homes were burnt
400 synagogues burnt
91 Jews killed
30,000 sent to concentration camps

Question 6

What happened to Jewish people in 1938

Answer 6

Men had to add the name Israel to the name
Women had to add Sarah to their name
Letter j was stamped on Jewish passports
Banned from all legal practices
They had to register their possessions
Remaining businesses closed
Banned from schools

Question 7

What happened in 1939 to Jews

Answer 7

Encouraged to emigrate