Anti-Semitism and The Halocaust
"Hence today I believe that i am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: 'by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."
-Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)
-Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)
Nuremburg Laws - Anti-semitism
-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 loss of citizenship
-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 loss of citizenship
Kristallnacht - the night of broken glass
-November 9, 1938
-Referring to the thousands of Jewish shop and synagogue windows were smashed and buildings burned
-Many jews imprisoned
-State sanctioned event
-Referring to the thousands of Jewish shop and synagogue windows were smashed and buildings burned
-Many jews imprisoned
-State sanctioned event
Propaganda, Lebensraums and Mass Rallies
-Josef Goebbels, the propaganda minister - one of the most powerful men in nazi party
-Effected all aspects of German life
Promoted:
*Aryan Race
*Anti-Semitism
*Anti-Communism
*Lebensraum (living space in the East)
*Organized mass rallies for army and citizens
*Nuremburg night rallies the most famous
-Effected all aspects of German life
Promoted:
*Aryan Race
*Anti-Semitism
*Anti-Communism
*Lebensraum (living space in the East)
*Organized mass rallies for army and citizens
*Nuremburg night rallies the most famous
The Aryan Race and The Final Solution
-Hitlers 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. (Groups of murdered, rapists and criminals) (normal people didn't have the mind set for it)
-Shooting and burying them was not fast enough
-Gas chambers became popular
-Made famous places such as Auschwitz
-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. (Groups of murdered, rapists and criminals) (normal people didn't have the mind set for it)
-Shooting and burying them was not fast enough
-Gas chambers became popular
-Made famous places such as Auschwitz
The Holocaust
-Holocaust prior to WWII was a term referring to a burnt offering or destruction
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Summary
As hitler pushed for anti-semitism, he first brought in the Nuremberg laws which continued to The Night of Broken Glass, and later on the Holocaust itself.