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KRISTELLNACHT AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON JEWS' LIFE - Coggle Diagram
KRISTELLNACHT AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON JEWS' LIFE
The Kristallnacht is part of the rise of antisemitism resulting into the
persecution
of Jews
Kristallnacht led to
violence against Jews
Jews are tortured
91 dead and 36 wounded
Rise of
antisemitism
November 9th, 1938:
Joseph Goebbels delievers antisemetic speech. After the speech, Nazi officials ordered the
Storm Troopers (SA)
and the
SS
to attack Jews and to destroy their homes, businesses, and houses of worship
November 10, 1938:
Measures were taken to
protect
Germans against damages during the Kristallnacht. Shows antisemitism as Jews were the targets of this event but their
oppressors
were the ones protected in the massacre.
Kristallnacht led to violence against Jewish
infrastructures
Impact of destruction:
267 synagogues / 815 shops / 29 Department stores
Synagogues destroyed shows violence against religion / hatred against
jews
The Kristallnacht targets various aspects of the jews’ lifes to
isolate them from German society.
Kristallnacht allowed the
German to legally segregate the Jews
Nuremberg Laws (1935): Jews can’t have nationality
Jews are held responsible for damage, so must pay 1 billion Reichsmarks atonement fee
Jews controlled by German and had to pay to German money
Kristallnacht physically isolated
Jews of German life
30,000 Jews were deported
Massive immigration (77,000 in 1939)
Destruction of Synagogues participates in cultural suppression
Kristallnacht, an excuse to exclude Jews from
economic life
Jews are forbidden from participating in the economic life / Can’t work in commerce / transportation or own a firm