Jewish persecution Flashcards
(27 cards)
What period was Hitler more ‘lenient’
1933-1937 (couldn’t act too harshly yet)
Educate German people of dangers and deny jews of their rights first
Boycott of Jewish Shops
When?
1st April 1933
-week after enabling act
Boycott of Jewish Shops
Success
intimidated Jews and potential customers
Boycott of Jewish Shops
Unsuccessful
National news - risky
Unclear who owned business
Anti - Jew Laws April 1933
4
Law for the restoration of the civil service - wipe out middle class jews - doctors and lawyers
Boycott of Jewish shops - shops
Law against overcrowding of German schools - education
Reich press law 1933 - press
Legal profession
% of lawyers that were Jewish
16
Legal profession
Success at targeting jews?
Yes - eventually none worked
No - legal loopholes so 60% continued
Doctors
% of doctors jewish In Berlin
50%
Doctors
Success at targeting jews?
Yes - propaganda sowed jews with malicious intent
Law for the protection of the Civil Service
No - many unaffected
Education
Law
Law against overcrowding of German schools - stopped wasting resources and reduced germans in schools
Education
Successful?
yes - Law against overcrowding of German schools
no - not complete until 1938
Press
Law? When?
Reich Press Law - censorship
Oct 1933
NUREMBERG LAWS
When
1935
NUREMBERG LAWS 1935
What?
Classifies germans as non citizens through biology
-outlawed marriage between jews and aryans - later physical touch
NUREMBERG LAWS 1935
Why?
Radical Nazis pressuring Hitler
EMIGRATION
MADAGASCAR PLAN
What?
Move European Jews to Madagascar - harsh conditions
4 mil planned to immigrate
EMIGRATION
MADAGASCAR PLAN
Success?
No - at war wit Britain longer than expected and disrupted path to Madagascar
-moved Jews to USSR
EMIGEATION
VOLINTARY EMIGRATION
How many left 1933
Almost 40,000
EMIGEATION
VOLINTARY EMIGRATION
Zionism definition
Jews will return to Palestine
EMIGEATION
VOLINTARY EMIGRATION
Success?
Yes - almost 40,000 and zionism
No - many countries wouldn’t take large amounts of immigrants and Germans took away money so they couldn’t migrate
EMIGRATION
KINDERTRANSPORT
Leader?
When did he become leader?
Heydrich
1939
(Leader of SD)
EMIGRATION
KINDERTRANSPORT
Why?
2
- to get rid of jews
- jewish parents protect kids
EMIGRATION
KINDERTRANSPORT
How many transported to Britain
9000
EMIGRATION
‘SPECIAL GROUPS’
Who?
Made up of SS who did ‘mass clearings’ shootings
