Nazi racial policies - Jews

5 evidence of Jews being increasingly marginalised

-SA violence

-Nuremberg laws

-Aryanisation

-Ghettoisation

-Deportation/final solution

What is

-SA violence

-Nuremberg laws

-Aryanisation

-Ghettoisation

-Final solution

5 evidence of Jews increasingly persecuted

SA violence towards Jews

April 1933 Boycott of Jewish businesses

Initiated by party radicals, esp. members of SA

What is

April 1933 Boycott of Jewish businesses

Initiated by party radicals, esp. members of SA

SA violence towards Jews

When was National Boycott of jewish business?

April 1933

What happened regarding Jews April 1933?

National boycott of jewish business

Who initiated April 1933 National boycott of jewish business?

Party radicals esp. SA members

When were the Nuremberg laws passed?

1935

What was passed regarding Jews 1935?

Nuremberg laws

What were 1935 Nuremberg laws?

Result of compromise b/t fervent racists in party and less extreme civil service

-Forbid marriage + sex b/t Jews + Aryans

-Reich citizenship law stripped Jews of citizenship

What was 1935 Nuremberg laws a compromise b/t?

Fervent racists in party and less extreme civil service

What laws

-Forbade sex + marriage b/t Jews + Aryans

-Reich citizenship law removed Jewish GER citizenship?

1935 Nuremberg laws

What is Aryansiation?

-1937-38 power shifted to more extreme elements in Nazi party

-Many resigned which removed anyone who would’ve tried to curb increasing persecution of Jews:

•Schacht (aware of international repercussions of aryanisation) → Goring who’s determined to create Jew free economy

• Generals Blornberg + Fritsch → Hitler full control over Wehrmacht

•Foriegn office → Ribbentrop

Name 3 people who resigned in 1937-38 and who replaced them

-Schacht → Goring

-Generals Blornberg + Frtisch → Hitler took control of Wermacht

-Forgein office → Ribbentrop

Why did Schacht resign 1937-38 and who replaced him?

Saw international repercussions of aryansiation

Replaced by Goring who’s determined to create a jew free economy

Who replaced Generals Blornberg + Fritsch?

Hitler took full control of Wermacht

What generals resigned, helping aryanisation?

Blornberg + Fritsch

Ghettoisation timeline

1. War breaks out - 3 million polish jews rounded up into specific towns in Eastern POL

2. Resettled in reserve in South Lublin

3. >1/2 million GER jews deported to GER POL, joining 1.4 million alr there

4. Strain on food supplies so Goring had to accept ending deportation

How many Polish Jews were rounded up when war broke out and to where?

3 million

Eastern POL then south Lublin

When were 3 million polish jews rounded up and to where?

When war broke out

East POL then south of Lublin

How many GER jews were deported to POL

>1/2 million

Joined 1.4 million alr there

What happened to >1/2 million jews?

Deported to GER POL

Joined the 1.4 million alr there

How many jews were already in ghettos in POL when the >1/2 million sent there?

1.4 million

Why did Goring accept deportation had to end?

Strain on food supplies

What was final solution?

-Extermination policy decided due to radicalised situation of war 1941 (Hitler’s orders to death squads in USSR proves this)

-1942 Wannsee conference decided all jews to be worked or gassed to death

Why was extermination policy decided in 1941 and what proves this?

Radicalised situation of war

Hitler’s order to USSR death squads represent policy of genocide

What did Hitler’s orders to death squad in USSR represent?

Policy of genocide

When was Final solution decided?

1942 Wannsee conference

What happened at 1942 Wannsee conference?

Decided Final solution - all jews to be worked or gassed to death

Evidence of Nazi inconsistent jewish policies

-Big business pressed regime to hurry up with Aryanisation to get rid of competition (Goring reduced no. of raw materials allocated to Jewish businesses, no public contracts to jews post-spring 1938)

-Kristallnacht NOV 1938: jewish business attacked, 91 murdered, 20K sent to camps. Helped unify Nazi leadership; organised by Goebbels but enemies (Goring, Himmler + Heydrich) kept ignorant coz they compared would affect voluntary emigration policy

Helped them decide on a unified policy of persecution

-Attacked SOV and June 1941 Hitler signed Commissar Order for assasination of all captured Jews. 4 new squads created to do so, went above + beyond and killed >1/2 million jews

3 reasons Why were Nazi jewish policies not consistent?

Developed in response to compromise with elites

Uncoordinated actions of different parts of nazi regime

WW2 reason for escalation

What is

developed in response to compromise with elites

Uncoordinated actions of different parts of nazi regime

WW2 reason for escalation

3 reasons why nazi jew policy was inconsistent

Nazi inconsistency with Jewish policy - developed in response to compromise w/ elites

Big business pressed regime to hurry up with Aryanisation to get rid of competition (Goring reduced no. of raw materials allocated to Jewish businesses, no public contracts to jews post-spring 1938)

Why did big business pressure Nazis to speed up aryanisation?

Get rid of competition

2 ways Goring sped up aryanisation for big business

-Reduced amount of raw materials allocated to jewish business

-No public contracts to jewish businesses post-spring 1938

When did jewish business stop getting public contracts?

Post-spring 1938

What did jewish businesses stop getting post-spring 1938?

Public contracts

In order to speed up Aryansiation for big business Goring reduced raw materials allocated to jewish business and

no public contracts to them post-spring 1938

In order to speed up Aryansiation for big business Goring game jewish business no public contracts post-spring 1938 and

reduced raw materials allocated to jewish businesses

Nazi inconsistency with jewish policy - uncoordinated actions of diff parts of regime/ WTF

Kristallnacht NOV 1938: jewish business attacked, 91 murdered, 20K sent to camps. Helped unify Nazi leadership; organised by Goebbels but enemies (Goring, Himmler + Heydrich) kept ignorant coz they compared would affect voluntary emigration policy

Helped them decide on a unified policy of persecution

When was Kristallnacht?

NOV 1938

What happened NOV 1938?

Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht NOV 1938 stats

Thousands of businesses attacked

91 murdered

20k sent to camps

How many murdered and sent to camps in Kristallnacht NOV 1938?

91 murdered

20K sent to camps

Kristallnacht NOV 1938 91 murdered and

20K sent to camps

Kristallnacht NOV 1938 20K sent to camps and

91 murdered

Why did Goebbels do Kristallnacht NOV 1938?

To heal relations w/ Hitler coz Hitler crotch of his affair w/ Czech actress

Who opposed Kristallnacht NOV 1938?

Goebbels enemies (Goring,Himmler, Heydrich)

Thought would affect voluntary emigration policy

Who thought Kristallnacht NOV 1938 would affect voluntary emigration policy?

Goebbels enemies (Goring, Himmler, Heydrich)

How did Kristallnacht NOV 1938 help unify Nazi leadership?

Helped them decided together to intensify persecution

Nazi inconsistency with Jewish policies - WW2 helped escalate

Attacked SOV and June 1941 Hitler signed Commissar Order for assasination of all captured Jews. 4 new squads created to do so, went above + beyond and killed >1/2 million jews

What did Hitler sign June 1941?

Commissar order to kill all captured jews in USSR

When did Hitler sign Comissair order to kill all captured jews in USSR?

June 1941

Who carried out Hitler’s June 1941 Comissar order?

4 new death squads

How many did the USSR death squads kill?

Above and beyond orders

>1/2 million jews

Who killed >1/2 million jews ?

USSR death squad