Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
The Nuremburg Laws:
1933-39
Anti-Jewish laws
Forced Jews to register and wear Star of David
This turned into forcing Jews out of careers and homes
Prohibited marriage between Jews and Non Jewish Germans
Finally they lost their citizenship
Kristallnacht:
9 November 1938
Kristall (glass)
Nacht (night)
Referring to the thousands of Jewish shop and synagogue windows that were smashed and burned
Many Jews imprisoned
State sanctioned event
Propaganda, Lebensraum and Mass Rallies:
Josef Goebbels, the propaganda minister, one of the most powerful men in the Nazi party
Effected all aspects of German life
Promoted the Aryan race, anti-semitism, anti-communism, lebensraum (living space in the east), organized mass rallies for army and citizens.
The Nuremburg night rallies are the most famous
The Aryan Race and the Final Solution:
Hitler’s original idea as laid out in Mein Kampf
Aryan (Nordic race) thought to be superior beings
Jews made out to be universal scapegoats
Originally Jews were sent to work camps to do manual labour
July 1941 final solution = extermination of the Jewish race a priority
Carried out by Einsatzgruppen a special section of the S.S.
Shooting and burying them was not fast enough
Gas chambers became the popular
Made famous places such as Auschwitz
The Holocaust:
Holocaust prior to WWII was a term that referred to a burnt offering or destruction by fire
The first reports to the west came in Jan. of 1942 when the New York Times reported 100,000 Jews had been machine gunned in the Baltic States
July 1944 Allied powers got their first eye witness accounts when the Soviets liberated a camp called Majdanek
1945 Auschwitz is discovered
It is now believed up to 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust
1933-39
Anti-Jewish laws
Forced Jews to register and wear Star of David
This turned into forcing Jews out of careers and homes
Prohibited marriage between Jews and Non Jewish Germans
Finally they lost their citizenship
Kristallnacht:
9 November 1938
Kristall (glass)
Nacht (night)
Referring to the thousands of Jewish shop and synagogue windows that were smashed and burned
Many Jews imprisoned
State sanctioned event
Propaganda, Lebensraum and Mass Rallies:
Josef Goebbels, the propaganda minister, one of the most powerful men in the Nazi party
Effected all aspects of German life
Promoted the Aryan race, anti-semitism, anti-communism, lebensraum (living space in the east), organized mass rallies for army and citizens.
The Nuremburg night rallies are the most famous
The Aryan Race and the Final Solution:
Hitler’s original idea as laid out in Mein Kampf
Aryan (Nordic race) thought to be superior beings
Jews made out to be universal scapegoats
Originally Jews were sent to work camps to do manual labour
July 1941 final solution = extermination of the Jewish race a priority
Carried out by Einsatzgruppen a special section of the S.S.
Shooting and burying them was not fast enough
Gas chambers became the popular
Made famous places such as Auschwitz
The Holocaust:
Holocaust prior to WWII was a term that referred to a burnt offering or destruction by fire
The first reports to the west came in Jan. of 1942 when the New York Times reported 100,000 Jews had been machine gunned in the Baltic States
July 1944 Allied powers got their first eye witness accounts when the Soviets liberated a camp called Majdanek
1945 Auschwitz is discovered
It is now believed up to 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust