The Holocaust Nazi Racial Policies Flashcards
What did the nazi racial philosophy teach?
Some races have untermensch (sub-human)
What did many nazi scientists believe?
People with disabilities or social problems were genetic degenerates whose genes needed to be eliminated from the human bloodline
What was anti-semitism?
The term given to the political, social and economic agitation against Jews. In simple terms, it meant ‘hatred of Jews’
What was the Aryan race?
The name of what Hitler believed was the perfect race. People had full German blood, blonde hair and blue eyes
Who did Nazis kill?
Gypsies, gay people, disabled people, Jews, people of colour and mentally ill people
1933?
One day boycott of the Jewish businesses, race science lessons to teach that Jews are untermensch, Jewish civil servants, lawyers and teachers sadked
1935?
‘Jews not allowed here’ signs were up in public, Nuremberg laws (15th September): Jews could not be citizens, could not vote, could not marry a German. No rightd
1938?
Jews couldn’t be doctors and Jewish children weren’t allowed to go to school, Jews had to add Israel (man) and Sarah (woman) to their name, uristallnacht (9th November): there was an attack on Jewish homes, businesses and Jewish Churches
1939?
Jews were forbidden to own a business or radio, Jews were forced to live in ghettos, Jews were forced to emigrate from Germany, ww2 began
1941?
All Jews were forced to wear yellow starts of David, army Einsatzgrappen squads in Russia started mass-shootings of Jews
1942?
Wannsee conference (20th January) decided on the final solution, which was to gas all of Europe’s jews
Why did nazis persecute Jews?
They saw Jews as racially inferior, different, they blamed Jews for Germany’s defeat in the war, antisemitism
How did nazis kill gypsies?
They were viewed as racially inferior and were sent to concentration camps, killed there
How did Nazis kill disabled people?
They weee seen as unfit and a ‘drain’ on resources, they were forcefully sterilised and murdered through lethal injections and starvation
How did Nazis kill Slavic people?
They weee considered sub-human and were enslaved, deported or killed
How did Nazis kill homosexuals?
They weee seen as a threat to masculinity. They were arrested, sent to concentration camps and often subjected to medical experiments
