The Nuremberg 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 loss of 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
- Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister, one of the most powerful men in the 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
The Aryan Race and the Final Solution
- Hitler's original idea was 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 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
Summary
After Hitler acquired power, his racist attitude started to appear. He began to take Jewish people and reduce them of their rights. Kristallnacht happened next, and after that huge mass rallies and propaganda started to appear. Jews were then sent to Auschwitz and other concentration camps where they would be lethally gassed in a gas chamber. This was called the Final Solution. It is believed that 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust, when Auschwitz was discovered in 1945.