Topic 4 Racial Policy

Question 0

Kristallnacht outcome

Answer 0

100 Jews murdered
20 000 sent to concentration camps
Which followed up with even more discriminatory measures such as Jews exclusion from all economic life

Question 1

Kristallnacht

Answer 1

Turning point as much more violent attitudes
7 November 1938 german diplomat Ernst Von rath murdered in Paris by Jew
Goebbels encouraged attacks on Jewish shops homes and synagogues 9-10 November known as kristallnacht because of broken glass on streets

Question 2

After Anschluss

Answer 2

45,000 Jews left Austria

Question 3

Start of war led to restrictions

Answer 3

Curfew for Jews
Radio sets confiscated
Ration books stamped with j
Ordered to wear Star of David badge

Question 4

Special SS units led by

Answer 4

heydrich to carry out final solution established after invasion of Soviet Union in June 1941 gave authorisation to exterminate Jews in Russia 700,00 murdered in 8 months
Discussion to take similar measures against german Jews
Conversion of auschwitz to an extermination camp in summer 1941

Question 5

Wansee conference

Answer 5

Berlin jan 1942 chaired by heydrich
Reviewed alternatives to emigration
Sealed the fate of aprox 11 million European Jews
Pits not clear whether hitler intended to kill the Jews favouring emigration