The Holocaust Flashcards
What were the Nuremberg laws
• In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws were passed.
• This was a law to protect German blood and German honour. It was illegal for Germans to marry Jews.
What were the causes of the holocaust
• Jews began to have little rights. They no longer could vote and had to wear the star David.
• In 1937 Jews were no longer allowed to enter public parks, sit on benches, go to the cinema or own pets
What was kristallnacht and when did it happen?
• Happened In November 1938
• This was a response after an attack on a high ranking German diplomat was assassinated
• They were organised attacks on Jewish communication
• They smashed up Jewish shops, burnt down the synagogue’s and attacked Jewish people.
What was the final solution + what were the groups of people sent to the camps
• The Nazis formed a plan to get rid of all the Jews and they did this by rounding up all the Jews and sent them to extermination or concentration camps.
• In these camps , they were separated into 2 groups: workers and people who couldn’t work (babies and old people)
• Infants, babies, pregnant women, elderly and disabled people were sent to death in the gas chambers.
• Before Nazi power there were 9 million Jews. By 1945, 2 out of 3 Jews had been killed.
What were the consequences
• 6 million Jews were killed by starvation, disease or gas chambers.
• Gypsies and Romas also suffered.
• 12 Nazi leaders were sentenced to death.
• Many Jews lived in camps as they couldn’t return home and some immigrated.
