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Day 110 Opening Question. Title = Leader of West You are the President of France, GB or USA and you are noticing an influx of Jews trying to immigrate into your country.
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Day 110 Opening Question • Title = Leader of West • You are the President of France, GB or USA and you are noticing an influx of Jews trying to immigrate into your country. • You hear news of anti-Semitism in Germany and conclude that these Jewish refugees are trying to leave a country where they are not wanted. • Do you let thousands of Jewish refugees into your country? Yes or No? • What might stand in your way from allowing a larger number of Jews into your country?
The Holocaust • holocaust = destruction by fire • Holocaust = systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe • including ~6 million Jews • Today we will just address the first 2 tactics used by Nazis to begin creating the Aryan state • Climbing the Pyramid of Hate
Holocaust Stages • 1933, Hitler builds Dachau Concentration Camp in Munich…the first of many
Nuremburg Laws - 1935 • Laws created by Nazi gov against Jews • Stripped Jews of their… • Jobs • Citizenship • Property • Segregated Jews in Germany by bloodline…effects? • Businesses boycotted • Outlaws marriage of Jews and non-Jews
Star of David Patch Nazis forced Jews to wear… What level on the Pyramid?
Kristallnacht • November 9 + 10, 1938 • “Night of Broken Glass” • gangs of Nazi SA Stormtroopersattacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany • Who was blamed? • 20,000 arrested and sent to concentration camps • Pyramid Level now?
Jewish Reaction after Nuremberg Lawsand Kristallnacht • Rich vs Poor • Rich = flee Germany • Poor/Defiant = stay • Why? • Jews flee to France, GB and USA…but… • Big Three don’t take them all
Opening Question Revisited • You are the President of France, GB or USA and you are noticing an influx of Jews trying to immigrate into your country. • You hear news of anti-Semitism in Germany and conclude that these Jewish refugees are trying to leave a country where they are not wanted. • Do you let thousands of Jewish refugees into your country? Yes or No? • What might stand in your way from allowing a larger number of Jews into your country? • Anti-Semitism in your own country (!!!) • Immigration Laws not changed (!!!) • Many sad stories (St. Louis, Awitz)
German Reaction…is there outrage? • Propaganda creating some fanatical anti-Semitism • Hitler criticized for Kristallnacht but most people afraid to speak out (terror) • People either behind Hitler or too afraid to resist
Final Solution will go into effect after 1939 • Genocide • Ghettos, Concentration and Death Camps • Schindler’s List WWII and Holocaust