(2.) In the Garden of Beasts: (Part TWO) Flashcards
(8 cards)
➡️ Ch. 6 ⬅️
Why were restrictions of “Aryan Clause” evident to the casual observer?
▪️Few Jews actually lived in Germany.
▪️As of 1933, ONLY 1% of Germany’s 65 million population was actually Jewish.
▪️1/3 of Jewish population (160,000) lived in Berlin; Constitutes less than 4% of cities 4.2 million population.
➡️ Ch. 6 ⬅️
Explain significance of “Aryan Clause”…
▪️Political guidelines excluding any race, ESPECIALLY JEWS, from participating in organizations, federations, political affiliations, and overall, all public life and liberties.
➡️Ch. 7 ⬅️
Why most Amer. visitors to Germ. failed to grasp realities of Hitler’s regime?
▪️Caused by multiple influences.
▪️One being H. V. Kaltenborn, a famous American commentator who visited Germ. with his family and proceeded to inform the Amer. people that the dispatches regarding Hitler’s regime were “inaccurate and overdrawn.”
▪️Another being the Germ. Government campaign of influencing Amer. visiting Germany to report favorable happening in the country while in country.
▪️Another being the Germ. Governments propaganda campaign involving their decision to allow Rotary Clubs to continue and allow these clubs Jewish member to participate in the clubs. The reality was that Jews lost their jobs and no longer had financial means to be active in said clubs.
➡️ Ch. 9 ⬅️
What did chemist, Fritz Haber invent?
▪️Poison Chlorine Gas from his own formula…
- Haber’s Rule: C x t = k.
➡️ Ch. 9 ⬅️
What was F. Haber’s invention later used for?
▪️A means of mining nitrogen
▪️Led to the cheap, mass production of fertilizer and gun powder.
➡️ Ch. 9 ⬅️
What was F. Haber’s intended use for invention?
▪️To be used as a chemical weapon
▪️Would slowly poison and eventually kill enemies
▪️Ending the WW1 stalemate in the trenches.
➡️Ch. 9 ⬅️
How did the Nazi’s eventually use it?
▪️They transformed it into a cyanide-based pesticide
▪️Infamously used to murder 1.2 million Jews
➡️ Ch. 10 ⬅️
Explain in detail the circumstances leading Dodd’s to rent three floors at the Tiegartenstrasse?
▪️Dodd’s wanted to live “a more settled life.”
▪️His housing situation had long been an embarrassment for Dodd’s, seeing as the lavishly remodeled ambassadors residence was destroyed by a fire shortly before his predecessor was to move in, forcing Dodd’s to find lodging else where.
▪️He also wanted a more private residence to conduct important business affairs in seclusion.
▪️The property was made available for a reasonable cost and Dodd’s excepted the terms of rent.
