Persucution of minoritites Flashcards
What was the treatment of gypesises?
Gypsies, sometimes referred to as Roma or Sinti people were nomadic people, who travelled around countries for their living. This travelling around meant that they were viewed as asocials, and did not fit into the Nazi ideals of pure Germans. Like Jews, Gypsies had restrictions placed upon them by the Nazis. They were called as enemies of the state under the Nuremberg Laws.
What was the treatment towards homosexuality?
To the Nazis the ideal family was a mother and father with many children. Homosexuals, according to the Nazis, contradicted this view. It was also a Nazi belief that being a homosexual was immoral, and that gay men were unable to fight effectively for Germany.
How was it treated?
From 1935, the Nazis started to legislate against homosexuals, with large scaleimprisonments. Some were placed into state-run mental hospitals. The Nazis also used chemical castration as a punishment for Homosexuals. When they were imprisoned in the concentration camps, homosexuals wore pink triangles. This was an insult to them, as those who had sexually assaulted children were also made to wear pink triangles.
What was the treatment towards slavs?
Slavs or the Slavic people are the residents of Eastern European countries. They were spread out across many countries including Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Czechoslovakia. Before Hitler came to power in 1933, Slavs also lived in Germany.
However, Slavs did not fit into the Nazi ideas of a Master Race, so were subject to discrimination in Germany. The Nazis described the Slavic people as members of the Untermenschen, or sub-human. This, according to the Nazis, meant that they were unlike the German people and therefore could not be afforded the same rights that they had
What was the treatment towards the disabled?
The Nazis believed that the Aryan German was strong and racially pure. There was no place for those who were disabled in Nazi Germany. This included both physical disabilities and mental disabilities. Initially legislation was used in an attempt to remove the disabled from the German population
How were jews persecuted?
Persecution of Jews came in many differing forms in Nazi Germany. Whilst there was direct forms of persecution such as the implementation of laws, there is also more discreet and indirect forms of persecution such as indoctrination of the populations.
How were the Nazi able to spread anti jew?
Through the control of education and media, the Nazis were able to spread their anti-Jewish message and beliefs to the people of Germany. This was an indirect form of persecution towards Jews, and the resulting effect is hard to quantify. However, the Nazis did take more direct steps to persecute Jews including:
Banning forms of employment from Jews including being civil servants
Removing Jews from the Army
Restrictions on what Jews could inherit
What did the Nazi do to the jews?
The Nazis also organised a boycott of Jewish businesses during 1933. Nazi Stormtroopers were stood outside businesses to dissuade Germans from using the business and they wrote Jude on the outside of businesses run by Jews.
What is the Nuremberg Laws ?
The Nuremberg Laws were laws which were passed by the Nazis that targeted Jews and placed restrictions upon their movements, rights and lives. They were passed on 15th September 1935. Among the wider changes to German society, there were two laws which specifically targeted Jews.
What is The Reich Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour?
The Protection of German Blood and Honour surrounded the issues of marriage and childbirth. Under this law, Jews were prohibited from marrying Germans, and were also prohibited from engaging in sexual relationships with them.
What was The Reich Law on Citizenship ?
Perhaps the more significant of the two laws, this law stripped Jews of their German citizenship. Jews were defined as subjects of the Reich rather than citizens, and the law backed this up with the statement that those having German blood were entitled to be citizens. This linked to Nazi ideas about clean and dirty blood. This law also required Jews to wear the yellow Stars of David.
What is Anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is the term used to describe hostility towards Jews. The Nazis did not invent Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Semitism has been present throughout history for a variety of reasons. During the 1930s, Anti-Semitic feelings were running high in Germany.
Why was Anti-Semitism strong?
Anti-Semitism was strong in Germany for several reasons. Many Germans blamed the Jews for the loss of the First World War and the imposition of the Treaty of Versailles. Linked to this Jews were also blamed for the economic crash from 1929 to 1933 in which many Germans and Jews lost out. Many of these views were peddled by nationalist politicians, with Hitler being one of them.
What is Eugenics?
Eugenics is the term given to the scientific theory of selective breeding. Scientists used the ideas of natural selection and evolution to attempt to explain that this could be used within human beings. The best parents would then breed and produce the best possible children.
