Treatment of the Jews

1. Treatment of the Jews Lesson starter: This poster was used in classrooms across Germany to educate children after 1933. Write down what you think it shows.

2. Today we will… • Describe the Nazi Party’s views on race • Identify the ways in which the Nazis discriminated against the Jewish population

3. I can… • Create a timeline outlining the impact of Nazi policy on Jews • Explain the treatment of Jews using my knowledge in a N5 answer

4. Starter task Write down what you think this picture shows.

5. Hitler had used Mein Kampf to write down his ideas about the Jewish Race • He believed there were superior races such as Aryans • These were fair skinned people like Germans • Jews and people from Balkan countries (ie Serbia) were far below Aryans in his ideas • Untermensch = sub human • He also believed people were Jewish by blood, so they could not change this

6. Hitler wanted to get rid of all the people he hated • Hitler provided reasons for the groups he hated – but they were often inaccurate views • He built on existing anti Semitism in Germany • He blamed the Jews for bad times in Germany’s past

7. The Jews • Hitler believed they were responsible for Germany losing WWI • He said they created Communism • That they were rich and ruthless • That they made Germany weak and brought nothing to the country

8. Other groups • Jehovah’s witnesses – would not idolise Hitler • Gypsies – contributed nothing to society • ‘asocials’ (such as drug users) – problems were hereditary • Homosexuals– would not repopulate Germany • Disabled people – should not reproduce and cost Germany too much money

9. How did life change for German Jews?

10. Stage 1 Petty Harrassment

11. Mainly public discrimination • 1 April 1933 – boycott of Jewish businesses • Burning of Jewish books • Many Jews made to leave their jobs and army • Anti-Jewish propaganda • Children’s games were anti-Jewish • Yellow park benches • Jews encouraged to leave Germany without their possessions • 1934 – all Jewish businesses identified with ‘Juden’ on window

14. Stage 2 Nuremberg Laws

15. Nuremberg Laws 1935 • Took away German citizenship from Jews • Marriage between Jews and Aryans illegal • Jewish businesses disbanded • Jewish doctors, lawyers not allowed to have Aryan clients • Jews had a J stamped on their passports • Aryan women under 45 not allowed to work for Jews

17. Stage 3 Kristallnacht

18. KristallnachtThe night of broken Glass • 9-10 November 1938 • The SS (Hitler’s Bodyguard) destroyed Jewish shops, businesses and synagogues across Germany • 91 Jews killed • Around 20,000 sent to camps • 400 synagogues burnt down • Over 7500 Jewish shops destroyed • Nazis blame it on Jewish community and fine them 1 billion marks

24. Video clips • http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/nazi-book-burnings-remembered/7196.html • http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/kristallnacht/3278.html • http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/kristallnacht-remembered/7197.html

25. Timeline of Jewish persecution • You are going to create a timeline on a new double page • Start at 1 April 1933 • All the important events which persecuted the Jews can be found on pages 68-72 of the textbook in chronological order • Try to add in how each change/ law altered the lives of Jewish people

26. Treatment of the Jews – two types of N5 question • Describe the life for Jews in Germany 1933-39. 5 marks Jewish people had their shops and businesses confiscated by the Nazis in 1935. 2. Explain why life became difficult for Jews in Germany between 1933 and 1935. 5 marks Life became difficult for Jews in Germany because they lost their German citizenship therefore they lost their rights as citizens such as the right to vote and became subjects instead.

27. N5 Question Practice • Describe the life for Jews in Germany 1933-39. 5 marks • Explain why life became difficult for Jews in Germany between 1933 and 1935. 5 marks