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Germany 1919–45

Anti-Semitism and persecution 1933–39

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  • AS Unit 1

Overview

The boycott of 1933, the Nuremberg Laws, exclusion from professions and public life, and the Night of Broken Glass.

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What happened to Jewish emigration in these years?

Key term

What happened on 1 April 1933?

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How were Jews driven out of professional life after 1933?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    How large was the Jewish population of Germany in 1933?

    Model answer

    About half a million Jews lived in Germany, well under one per cent of the population, and most were highly assimilated city dwellers.

  2. 2

    What happened on 1 April 1933?

    Model answer

    The regime organised a national boycott of Jewish shops, doctors and lawyers, with SA men outside the doors, but public support was patchy and the boycott was called off after a day.

  3. 3

    How were Jews driven out of professional life after 1933?

    Model answer

    The civil service law of April 1933 removed Jews from public employment, and quotas and further decrees excluded them from the law, medicine, teaching, journalism and the universities.

  4. 4

    State the two Nuremberg Laws of 1935.

    Model answer

    The Reich Citizenship Law reduced Jews from citizens to subjects without political rights, and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour forbade marriage and sexual relations between Jews and other Germans.

  5. 5

    How did the regime define who was a Jew?

    Model answer

    A decree later in 1935 defined a Jew by descent rather than belief, counting anyone with three or four Jewish grandparents, and created intermediate categories of part-Jews.

  6. 6

    Why did persecution ease during 1936?

    Model answer

    Germany was hosting the Olympic Games and wanted the approval of foreign visitors, so anti-Jewish signs were taken down and the campaign was paused until the athletes had gone home.

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