Discrimination and prosecution in Nazi Germany

Who was prosecuted unlawfully under the Nazi regime?

Political enemies, disabled people, ‘non-Aryan’ people, (male) homosexuals

What happened to political enemies?

Sent to concentration camps

What happened to disabled people?

‘Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases’ was introduced in 1933, sterilising and killing those disabled - considered a burden to the state

What happened to ‘non-Aryan’ people?

Sterilised/murdered

What happened to (male) homosexuals?

A weakness to Germany’s strength - castrated, tested on, sent to concentration camps

What was eugenics?

Encouragement of the ‘best’ Germans to reproduce, stopping those ‘undesirable’. Subject introduced to children in school

What was the concept of racial hygiene?

Wanting to keep the ‘Aryan’ race pure. German people couldn’t marry Jewish people.

What is the concept of anti-Semitism?

Hatred of Jewish people, as they were blamed for the black death and the defeat of Germany in WW1.

When did the persecution of Jewish people begin?

As soon as Hitler became Chancellor

How much of the German population was Jewish?

Less than 1%

What happened to Jewish people in 1933?

Jewish businesses were boycotted, and banned from government jobs. Could no longer inherit land

What happened in 1934? (anti-Semetic)

Jews banned from public areas like parks and pools. Yellow benches to separate Jewish and ‘normal’ people

What happened in 1935? (Anti-Semetic)

Nuremburg laws introduced, Jewish banned from the army

What happened in 1938? (anti-Semetic)

Had to carry ID and register possessions. Kristallnacht

What happened in 1939? (anti-Semetic)

All Jewish people to be evicted from Germany and moved to ghettos

What were the Nuremburg laws?

Two laws which drastically increased Jewish persecution

• Couldn’t vote

• Couldn’t marry/have sex with non-Jewish people

• Lost citizenship

• Had to wear yellow star of David to make themselves identifiable

When was Kristallnacht?

9th November, 1938

What happened triggered Kristallnacht?

A Jewish student shoots a German Diplomat, which Goebbels uses as an opportunity to encourage Jewish hate. Police, party members and SS encouraged to attack Jewish people and their property

How much were Jewish people fined for Kristallnacht?

1 billion marks

How many died during Kristallnacht?

100 - 91 were Jewish

How many homes were destroyed during Kristallnacht?

171

How many synagogues were destroyed?

191

What was the ‘Final Solution’?

Ghettos, the Einsatzgruppen, built death camps (ex. Auschwitz)

When were the Einsatzgruppen sent to round up and kill Jewish people?

1941-2

What was the Wannsee Conference?

Nazi officials met in 1942 to discuss the solution to the ‘Jewish question’. The ‘Final Solution’ introduced

What was the Holocaust?

The systematic murder of 6 million Jewish people (and other minorities) by Nazi Germany and allies. Millions were sent to death camps and gassed. Somewhere enslaved to do things like corpse removal or cleaning toilets.