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Persecution of minorities
Nazi racial beliefs
'Aryan race'
Hitler wanted to increase the number of 'pure' German who were blond haired, blue eyed, tall and athletic. These were the 'aryan race'
The Nazis believed the 'Aryan race' to be superior to all others and formed a racial hierarchy from this
How the race grew
'Race farms' were set up where Aryan men and women met to have Aryan children
The SS were central to the Nazi master race as they only recruited Aryans and only allowed to marry Aryan women
Racial hierarchy:
Aryans (the 'master race') were at the top
then other white eastern Europeans (they were seen as fellow humans but lower than Aryans)
Then Eastern Europeans (they were called 'Slavs' and considered 'sub human')
Then black people and gypsies (Seen as sub-humans and work shy/Lazy )
Finally Jews were the lowest on the Hierarchy and blamed for all Germany's problems
Removing Untermenschen and 'Undesirables'
Untermenschen
Meant 'inferior people' or 'sub humans' it was the term used by Nazis to describe: Slavs, gypsies, black people and Jews
Nuremburg Laws banned Aryans from marrying 'Untermenschen'
Mixed race children were sterilised
Other undesirables
The Nazis believed other groups of society were also undesirable e.g:
Homosexuals were sent to prison or concentration camps after laws against homosexuality were strengthened also, they were experimented on as they believed homosexuality to be an 'illness'
Mentally handicapped people were sterilised
Mentally and physically handicapped babies were killed
The Nazis wanted to remove the 'Untermenschen' and 'undesirables' due to their aim to create a 'pure' master race
Jewish persecution
Why Jews were persecuted:
Associated with communism
Jealous of their success - many Jews owned businesses and were professionals
Used as scapegoats for Germanys blatant problems
Suspicious as from a different religion
Blamed for treaty of Versailles and Germany's defeat in WW1
Why Germans let the prosecution happen
Influence of Nazi anti-semetic propaganda
Fear of Gestapo and SS if they spoke out
Long standing distrust of Jewish people - a common belief across Europe
Jewish Business Persecution
SA organised a one day boycott of Jewish shops - painted yellow stars on doors
Jewish businesses were taken over by Aryans
Jews had to register their property
Jews were barred from opening businesses
General Jewish persecution
Jewish actors and musicians were banned from performing
Jewish civil servants were sacked
Jews were banned from the military
Nuremburg Laws placed further restrictions on Jewish life
Jews banned from public places like parks and swimming pools
Kristallnacht
17 year old Polish Jew entered German embassy in Paris and shot a German
Goebells used this event to stir up resentment against Jews by attacking homes and synagogues
Goebells and Hitler increased the violence to a nationwide attack
Groups of uniformed and non-uniformed gangs ran amok amongst Jewish communities, destroying and burning homes, shops, businesses, synagogues
Consequences
Goebells blamed the Jews for starting the trouble and ordered them to pay damages
They were fined 1 billion marks
Nuremburg Laws
Nuremburg Laws were a new set of Laws passed to make it easier to persecute Jews
Reich Law on citizenship
Only those of German blood can be citizens
Jews must become subjects not citizens
Jews cannot vote or work for the government
Hews must wear a yellow star patch
No Jew must marry a German citizen - No Jew is allowed sexual relations with a German