Unit 5.3 - The Development of Antisemitic Policies Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Anschluss with Austria?
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March 1938
2
Q
Explain the effects of it on the development of antisemitic policies:
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- Overnight 183,000 Jews in Austria lost their rights, jobs, and property
- 500 Jews committed suicide after a month of Anschluss with Austria
- 1000s emigrated to escape the Nazis
- 1500 were sent to concentration camps such as Dachau and Buchenwald
3
Q
What key antisemitic decrees were issued between April-December 1938?
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- Decree of Registration of Jewish Property - confiscation of all Jewish-owned property worth more than 5000 marks (April 1938)
- Decree of Restoration of the Street Scene - made jews pay for repairs to their homes/businesses after Reichkristallnacht and pay 1 billion Reichsmark to make up to the disruption to the economy
- Decree of Excluding Jews from German Economic Life - November 1938
4
Q
How many jews left Germany in 1933?
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37,000
5
Q
How many jews moved out of the country voluntarily between March 1933 - November 1938?
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150,000
6
Q
Give two reasons why some jews found it easier to move than others:
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- Some jews had the financial means to be able to leave
- Some jews had family in different countries that they could flee to
7
Q
Provide three reasons why it was not straightforward for jews to leave Germany?
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- countries who were willing to accept the jews could not take all of them in
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8
Q
What were two ways emigration was controlled following Anschluss with Austria?
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