What was The Turning Point For Jews 1933-39? Flashcards
What was 1930s like?
Point: bullying, humiliation and exclusion occurred seriously
Evidence: anti Jewish laws banned them from legal professions 1933
Analysis: Jewish people couldn’t have positions of power or influence therefore couldn’t stop there persecution because they couldn’t be heard and they were held back economically so they couldn’t be powerful that way either causing them to be excluded.
What was 1935 like?
Point: Nuremberg laws changed significantly
Evidence: before Nuremberg laws they were confined in movement and opportunities but after citizenship removed
Analysis: Jewish people were now legally not German therefore had been completely excluded and couldn’t do anything professional. They could even be married to Germans as it was illegal. Their lives were completely regulated and controlled as they had no power in this society.
What was 1938 like?
Point: kristallnacht escalated violence further
Evidence: before this the violence was SA and police but after it was specific violence by Germans against shops, synagogues and homes meaning 91 were killed by Germans.
Analysis: they could not escape the violence and now had completely no life. Not citizens, couldn’t have professional jobs and were being targeted which was the severest point before the holocaust occurred.
Which period was the most significant turning point?
1930s - persecution started getting serious with jobs and movement limited but they could still live relatively peacefully compared to other periods
1935 - not legally German so made persecution easy because they were seen as other people so made Germans happier to persecute them because they had no links to each other now
1938 - biggest point because this is when their lives changed completely because the violence was so common and widespread which meant this was the major turning point because they were now actually being majorly bullied rather than being redirected in 1930/1935
