The Persecution Of Jewish Flashcards
Was the Nazi party the first to think of the Jewish people as different ?
No Antisemisirm goes back into the Middle Ages
Where had Hitler lived for a while ?
He had spent several years in Vienna where there was a long tradition anti semitism
How did Hitler live in Vienna ?
As a down and out who resented the wealth of many Viennese Jews
What did Hitler use the Jewish people as and what did he blame them for ?
He used them as a scape goat for Germanys problems
Blamed them for Germanys defeat and hyperinflation as-well as the Great Depression
What was Hitler determined to create by was of state ?
A racially pure state which didn’t include the 500,000 Jewish people living in Germany
What did Hitler want to do to the Jewish people within German society ?
Eliminate them from it
He didn’t have a master plan for this until WW2 when lord of Nazi Jewish policy was uncoordinated
When had Jewish people previously been persecuted ?
Places like England in the Middle Ages
Why had Jewish people been persecuted ?
They stood out as different in regions across Europe as they had different religious belief and customs
What did some Christians blame the Jewish people for ?
The the execution of Christ and argued they should be punished forever
Why else did Jewish people become unpopular ?
Many became successful money leanders and this gained them wealth
It lead to increased resentment and suspicion from people who owed them money
