Volksgemeinshaft- Outsiders Flashcards
Why had Jews been discriminated for centuries?
Mainly due to their religion’s link to the killing of Christ. In 20th century Germany this hostility was further fuelled by a resentment of Jew’s power and wealth- made worse by hyperinflation
Why were handicapped people discriminated against?
Economic problems of weimar meant money spent on the disabled was now seen as a threat to the well-being of the majority
What was in NSDAP manifesto?
None but those of German blood, whatever their creed, may be members of the nation. No Jew, therefore, may be a member of the nation
What is my LOA?
Was successful against Jews/ handicapped, not as much for gypsies
What did exclusion lead to?
Extermination, the holocaust where 6 million Jews were killed
What is the debate for this topic?
Evans suggests that not all groups were excluded, Rosemann believes that the Nazis had remarkable efficiency in eliminating racially undesirable elements
What occurred on April 1st 1933?
A nationwide Jewish boycott, organised to placate the SA members who had been increasingly violent towards Jews
Many Jewish war veterans opened their shops and wore their medals
What did Horace Rumbold believe?
The boycott was not popular with the general public
However being an ambassador he would have little contact with the general public
What happened in the purge of the civil service?
Law for the Re-establishment of a professional civil service’
70% of Jewish lawyers allowed to keep their jobs due to being war veterans
What were the Nuremberg laws?
1935
Banned Jews from being citizens of the state
Banned marriage or out of marriage relations between Jews and aryans
420 prosecuted a year for marrying Jews.
What did Grunberger believe?
A steeply growing number of Germans who had mixed socially with Jews before 1933 subsequently ostracised them
Why did persecution of Jews reach a high in 1938?
Jews were forced to add Sarah or Israel onto their name to be recognised
Kristallnacht
What happened in Kristallnacht?
There was a wave of violence towards Jews from civilians and SA
7500 businesses broken into, 100 Jews killed
Jews were rounded up, humiliated and sent to concentration camps
What does Kristallnacht show?
Ordinary citizens took part in the violence in some areas, shows by end of 1938 isolation policies had worked as people were actively taking part in them
What action was taken against the Gypsies at first?
Only individual authorities taking action- Bavarian authorities rounded up gypsies and put them into workhouses.
There was gypsie camps set up around Berlin, with little sanitation and a guard controlling movement
States such as Hamburg and Munich had no policy, but large gypsy population
