POLICIES TOWARDS THE JEWS 1938-40 Flashcards
When was the Decree of Registration of Jewish Property, and what did it do?
April 1938, provided for the confiscation of Jewish-owned property worth over 5000 marks.
How many businesses did the Decree of Registration of Jewish Property impact?
In April 1938, 40,000 Jewish-owned businesses existed in Germany. The following year only 8,000 had avoided being ‘Aryanised’.
What happened to the passports of German Jews?
From October 1938, they were to be stamped with a ‘J’.
When was Reich Kristallnacht?
9-10 November 1938
What did Goebbels order Nazi officials to do on Reich Kristallnacht?
Organise violence, but to be careful to ensure this did not seem to be orchestrated by the Nazi Party.
How many Jews were killed on Reich Kristallnacht, and how many were placed in preventative detention?
91 killed.
20-30,000 placed in preventative detention.
How much was the Jewish community forced to pay for disruption of the economy after Kristallnacht?
1 billion Reichsmarks.
6 million paid by insurance companies for broken windows was given to state coffers.
How many Jews left Germany voluntarily between March 1933 and November 1938?
150,000
How many Jewish children were sent to Britain in 1938-39 on Kindertransport?
9,000
Who took charge of the Reich Office for Jewish Emigration in January 1939?
Richard Heydrich
Who governed the General Government?
Hans Frank
How many Jews lived in areas in Poland occupied by the Nazis in 1939?
1.9 million
What did Hitler order Alfred Rosenberg in September 1939?
All Jews were to be moved to the area between the River Vistula and the River Bug. Heydrich reported that ‘in the area between Warsaw and Lublin’ a Reich Ghetto was established to contain deported Poles and Jews.
What did Heinrich Müller instruct Adolf Eichmann in October 1939?
70-80,000 Jews were to be deported from Katowice in Poland. Czech Jews were to be deported from the Reich Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia. Hitler demanded the removal of 300,000 Jews from Germany and all Jews from Vienna.
How many people did the SS deport to the General Government between November 1939 and February 1940?
1 million eastwards, of whom 550,000 were Jews.
How many Jews did the Nazis plan to send to Madagascar?
4 million
When was the Madagascar Plan?
Summer-Autumn 1940
Why was the Madagascar Plan abandoned?
The British Navy would disrupt the mass deportation of Jews by sea to Madagascar.
