43 Flashcards
Why did the Nazis pursue Racial Purity?
They wanted Germany to be populated by Aryans by removing those that they believed were impure
How did the Nazis pursue their belief in eugenics?
They quickly brought laws into force to control breeding and pursued the violent persecution of ethnic minorities in order to create a pure Aryan race
What did Nazis begin on the 1st of January 1934?
They introduced a sterilization programme where Hereditary Health courts would be informed of those seen as ‘unfit’ to breed. Despite only being for heredity defects, sterilization was also used for all ethnic groups and criminals.
How did Nazis widen the law in June 1935?
They allowed abortion of the unfit.
Between 1934 - 45, how many people were estimated to have been sterilised?
Around 400,000
Did Nazis start to make Germany Jew-free right away in 1933?
No, Hitler didn’t have that kind of power yet. Instead, they worked towards the ‘Final Solution’ and ‘Jewish problem’ by degrees.
What were the degrees in which Nazis began to make Germany Jew free?
Propaganda, separating Jews from the community, legally and through bans and boycotts.
When was the first national boycott?
1st April 1933
What happened during April 1933?
A series of laws were to restrict the number of Jewish university students, banned them from sporting groups, and overall excluded them from working for newspapers or as financial advisors.
When were the Nuremberg Race Laws introduced?
1935
What were the Nuremberg Race Laws?
More laws to exclude Jews from many areas of life ie anyone with 3/4 Jewish grandparents was Jewish, organisations began to exclude Jews, a yellow star was placed on Jewish shops, propaganda urged the idea of separation to prevent contamination, marked Jews as dirty,
What was one of the important Nazi measures used in association to the Jews?
Kristallnacht (‘Night of Broken Glass’ in 1938) the first large-scale organised act of violence against synagogues and Jewish people.
What did the Nazis encourage the Jews to do at first and what was the impact of this?
They encouraged the Jews to leave, they took a 30-50 percent ‘flight tax’
How many Jews left Germany between 1933-39?
450,000
What event took place on March 11th 1938?
Germany ‘liberated’ Austria and imposed the same rules of the 185,000 Jewish Austrians.