Persecution of Jews 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryThe rise of Germany from 1871ASEdexcel Created by: AnnaCreated on: 12-05-13 13:38 7 points Extermination Forced emigration Gradualism 1933-9 Legal discrimination Nazi Anti-Semitism 1919-33 Propaganda and indoctrination Terror and Violence 1 of 8 Extermination Jewish ghettos created. Jews separated from res of community and forced to live in appalling conditions 'Action Units' rounded up Jews and murdered by mass shootings 1942 dceided to use gas to kill 11 million Jews Camps developed into extermination centres (e.g Auschwitz) Jews transported to camps from ghettos Estimated 6 million Jews murdered 2 of 8 Forced Emigration Number of Jews chose to leave Germany voluntarily at the start of Nazi dictatorship Palestine, Britain, USA were popular destinations From 1938 forced emigration by Adolf Eichmann and a Central office for Jewish Emigration was created In 6 months, 45,000 were forced to emigrate About half the Jewish population left before the war 3 of 8 Gradualism 1933-39 Approach to anti-semitism was gradualist For some Germans, the discriminatroy legislation was no more than the Jews deserved Liberal minded found the action offensive Feelings of hopelessness replaced with feelings of fear once the dictatorship was established Show sympathy for, or to protect the Jews, was a risk to ones own life 4 of 8 Legal discrimination Boycott in 1933, SA encouraged Germans not to go in Jewish businesses. Not universally accepted. Anti Jewish policy initiated Nuremberg Laws September 1935 Major anti-Jewish laws All the rights of Jews were gradually removed befire the onset of war 5 of 8 Nazi anti-semitism 1919-33 Right-wing racist volkisch nationalism Hitler exploited hostility towards the Jews and turned it into a radical ideology of hatred Hitler's hatred of Jews was obsessive and vindictive Mobilised and stirred support Goring, Goebbels, Himmler, Streicher and Heydrich Anti-Semitism was not only reason for success of the party Vast majority moticated by unemployment, collapse of agricultural prices and fear of communism 6 of 8 Propaganda and indoctrination Cultivate message of anti-semitism, change people's attitudes so they hated the Jews Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda and public enlightenment Posters, signs, newspapers, cinema Influence the youtH Hitler Youth Education 7 of 8 Terror and violence SA took advantage of their power to use violence against the Jews eg damage of property, intimidation Night of the long knives 1934 Union with Austria resulted in attacks on 200,000 Jews Kristallnacht 8 of 8
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