The Persecution Of Minorities Flashcards
How did the Nazis persecute ‘asocial’ Germans?
Those considered work shy, vagrants, alcoholics, career criminals and prostitutes. Were considered to be useless mouths. In 1933 the Nazis organised a ‘beggars week’ where asocials were rounded up or put into concentration camps.
How did the Nazis persecute Gypsies?
85% of Germany’s Gypsies or roma people were killed.
An estimated third of all roma people in Europe were killed by the Nazis.
How did the Nazis persecute people of colour?
They were sterilised.
How did the Nazis persecute the mentally ill?
Killed mentally disabled babies and mentally ill patients in the diseased offspring law of 1933.
How did the Nazis persecute physically disabled people?
They were sterilised. Over 350,000 people had been sterilised by 1939
How did the Nazis persecute deaf people?
They were sterilised
How did the Nazis persecute homosexual men?
100,000 were arrested 15,000 were put into concentration camps where they were experimented on for cure and castrated.
How did the Nazis persecute political opponents?
They were sent to the very first concentration camps following the reichstag fire.
They were flogged, placed in standing cells or tortured.
How did the Nazis persecute Jehovah witnesses?
They were persecuted due to their religious beliefs. They refused to make a personal oath to Hitler or join the army. Over 2000 were sent to concentration camps.
