Policies Towards the Jews & Minorities

Policies Towards the Jews & Minorities

1. Learning Objectives : Outline who the Nazi’s targeted for persecution and why? Examine anti-Sematic laws that were developed by the Nazi’s between 1933-1939? How Jewish people were affected socially, politically and economically? Nazi Policies towards the Jews and Minorities

2. Persecution OVER CHRISTMAS! Read and makes notes on pgs. 100-109 Test on return!

3. Who were the undesirables in Nazi Germany? LO: Outline who the Nazi’s targeted for persecution and why ?

4. In July 1933 the ‘Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases’ brought in a compulsory sterilisation programme which targeted people with mental or hereditary illness 18 August 1939 registration of all ‘malformed’ newborn children was made compulsory. German midwives and doctors were ordered to report any child known to them who was born deaf or blind, with paralysis or with a neurological disorder such as Down’s Syndrome. Each case was taken to a panel of ‘experts’ who marked it with either a plus or a minus. A plus meant the child would be murdered. Treatment of the Disabled LO: Outline who the Nazi’s targeted for persecution and why ?

5. The hospital in Hadamar and the asylum for the mentally handicapped in Grafeneck became official killing centres during the 1930s.

6. Children on the wards were given lethal cocktail of drugs in either tablet or injection form. Their parents were told they had died of infections.

7. "It is now well-established that species evolve through Darwin's principle of 'Survival of the Fittest'. Selective breeding produces superior cattle, horses and other livestock. Mixing different animal species produces mongrel breeds of inferior quality. In just the same way, different races of people have different qualities. Black men, for example, dominate the world of athletics and boxing, and tend to have an excellent sense of rhythm. Jewish people have a talent for business, and Asians have a reputation for working incredibly hard. All of this goes to show that mixing the races - either socially or biologically - is a bad thing. Multicultural societies are weak and divided, and mixed-race people are mongrels" The Nazis and Society: A Moral Dilemma? LO: Outline who the Nazi’s targeted for persecution and why ?

8. The Nazis and Society: A Moral Dilemma? It would be easy to condemn Nazi racial policies out of hand, but that would allow us to dodge some very awkward questions. Highlight the parts of the statement which you agree with in one colour . Highlight the parts you disagree with in another. Compare your findings with a partner and discuss any differences of opinion. R epeat the process in a larger group. LO: Outline who the Nazi’s targeted for persecution and why ?

9. Which statements in this account generated the most debate? What did you argue about ? Imagine someone has just expressed the points of view laid out in the Introduction. Produce a reply of roughly the same length designed to explain why you think their argument is flawed. The Nazis and Society: A Moral Dilemma? "60,000 Reichsmark is the lifetime cost of this hereditarily diseased man to the Volksgemeinschaft. Fellow German, that is your money, too." LO: Outline who the Nazi’s targeted for persecution and why ?

10. “The eternal Jew” What does this source suggest about Nazi attitudes towards the Jews? Are there any contradiction in the way Jews are portrayed ? Persecution of the Jews LO: Examine anti-Sematic laws that were developed by the Nazi’s between 1933-1939

11. Illustration from a children’s book published in Germany in 1936. The signs say— ”The Jews are our misfortune” and “How the Jews cheat”.

12. Arrange these laws in chronological order on your table. What do you notice that happens over the years ? The treatment of the Jews increased in severity and can be split into three main stages : Stages of Persecution Stage Date Persecution 1 1933 - 1937 Laws relating to Jews introduced, mostly non-violent 2 1938 More violent action ( Kristallnacht ) 3 1939 Build up to the Final Solution 1941 Invasion of Poland then Russia 1942-1945 The ‘Final Solution’/Holocaust LO: Examine anti-Sematic laws that were developed by the Nazi’s between 1933-1939

13. Synagogue burns during Kristallnacht, 9 th November 1938 TURNING POINT

14. Triggered by assassination of German diplomat in Paris, Ernst von Rath , on the 7th of November 1938, by Herschel Grynszpan , a Jewish teenager whose parents, along with 17,000 other Polish Jews, had been recently expelled from the Reich.

15. Various laws were introduced between 1933 and 1939, each one aimed at restricting the personal liberty and civil rights of German Jews

16. Using the link below create a timeline. Put the anti-Semitic legislation, as outlined on the worksheet, that was created by the Nazi’s between 1933-1939 into chronological order. For each law find an image/photo/clipart that will help you remember the law. State whether these laws affected Jewish people socially , economically and politically . Some laws may fall under more than one category. www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007459 Timeline of Persecution LO: How Jewish people were affected socially, politically and economically