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Explore the deep-rooted anti-Semitism in Germany that led to the Holocaust, from the marginalization of Jews to the horrors of concentration camps. Learn about the Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, ghettos, deportations, and liberation.
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Anti-Semitism in Germany .08% of population (~500,000) Fully integrated into Germany society Supported WWI and the German Empire Mostly lived in large cities
Anti-Semitism in Germany Hitler blamed Jews/Marxists for loss of WWI The Aryan Race - “Pure Germans” superior Incorrectly names Jews as a race Struggle for world domination History and biology changed to match anti-Semitic views
Boycott of Jewish Businesses 1933 - Germany Sets up idea that Jews are not Germans and isolates them
Nuremberg Laws Germany – 1935 Defined who was a Jew Deprived Jews of political rights
Kristallnacht 1938 - Germany “Night of the Broken Glass” Organized violence against Jews throughout Germany and Austria
Ghettos 1939-45 - German occupied territories Small areas of a city where Jews were isolated
Deportations 1939-1945 - Throughout Europe Movement of Jews to ghettos and then to camps
Jews from the Lodz ghetto board deportationtrains for the Chelmno death camp
Camps 1939-1945 - Throughout Europe Different types: labor camps, concentration camps, and death camps
Liberation 1944-45 - Throughout Europe Allies liberate camps