Test 1 Flashcards
The National Community
a racially homogenous state; bringing in everyone who should belong to the state
Judenpolitik
a series of policies that were developed from 1933 on; all based on a Jewish-Bolshevik conspiracy
Semitic languages/people
a group of people who speak the same language
Religious Anti-Semitism
Greeks and Romans practiced polytheistic religions, Jews were considered disloyal
Temple of Jerusalem
burned by the Romans, but the Jews were eventually blamed
St. Augustine
reiterated that the Jews were responsible for Jesus’ death, the Jews were no longer the chosen people
The Blood Libel
accusation that Jews ritually sacrificed Christian children at Passover
Fourth Lateran Council
Canon 68 sought to eliminate sexual relations between Jews and Christians; Jews were made to wear a pointed hat or circular badge
Martin Luther
vilified the Jews after they wouldn’t convert to Christianity
Racial Anti-Semitism
appeared during the Englightenment
Karl Linnaeus
created the first system to include man with all other organisms; four races: Europeans, Asians, Africans, and Americans
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
believed all people were of one species, but a hierarchy of perfection; Caucasian, African and Asian, American and Maylay
Aryan/Indo-European Languages
study of these languages led to their cultures being studied then compared to each other
Christian Lassen
labeled the Semitic people as having a separate culture and race from Aryans
Ernst Renan
described Semites as an incomplete race incapable of comprehending civilization, lacking courage, selfish, and intolerant
Joseph Arthur de Gobineau
asserted the superiority of the white race and that Aryans represented the apex of civilization
Houston Stewart Chamberlain
claimed that Aryans were responsible for everything positive in Europe
Wilhelm Marr
argued that over the past millennium, Jews had gained control of Germany
Edouard Drumont
argued that Jews were the primary cause of misfortune in France
Dreyfus Affair
Jewish soldier wrongfully convicted of espionage on shoddy evidence
Alexander III
came to power because his father was assassinated; popular sentiment blamed the Jews
Pogroms
violent attacks against the Jews encouraged by the police and government
Weimar Republic
had to define Germany; one common theme was that the people were its core
The Small German Solution
unified all lands excluding Austria
The Large German Solution
unified all lands including Austria
National self-determination
group of people with shared commonalities have the right to be unified in one nation
Volk
term used by German nationalist; means people
Volkisch Movement
grew in response to the new Republican government
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
founded by Anton Drexler; Hitler was ordered to keep an eye on the party and later joined