The second World War - Discrimination and genocide

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What is the Lebensborn program

A program that stated, young unmarried woman who where racially pure and healthy should start having children. Also part of the Lebensborn program was to abduct racially pure children from Poland and Russia and raise them in Germany

What was the euthansia program

The euthansia program was a secret program which involved killing physical/mentally ill children who were part of the Lebensborn program. About 70,000 children were secretly killed in clinics.

What were Nuremberg laws?

Anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany, introduced in 1935
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What was the Night of Broken Glass?

A riot against Jews troughout Nazi Germany on 9-10 November 1938; also known as Kristallnacht

What is a ghetto?

Jewish quarter in a city

What are the nuremberg laws

The nuremburg laws of 1935 took away the rights of being a german citizen for all jews. They were no longer allowed to vote and marry or have an intercourse with a german.

Who made the Lebensborn Program?

Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS

What was the Night of the broken glass

The Night of the broken glass was a night were nazi's attacked and destroyed jewish homes, synagogues and shops all over Germany. They did this because a few days earlier a jew murdered  a German diplomat

What were the more extreme measures taken in east Europe during the war

There were many extreme measures taken against jews. Dying of starvation and sickness in a ghetto was one of them. This mainly happend in Poland. In russia there were special killing squads who executed as many jews, romans and communist this way. There were also extermination camps in east Europe, many of them in Poland. Jews from all over Europe would be transported to these camps to be gassed to death. This was the most easy and quick way to get rid of all the jews according to the Nazi's

How did Hitler gain a lot of popularity?

By blaming the jews for losing WW1 and for the economic depression

What measures were taken to make the life of Jews harder?

- (april 1933): Jews working for the government and working in education were fired
- Jewish shops were boycotted and books that were written by Jewish writers were burned in public
- (1935) Nuremberg laws were set which took away Jews' rights as German citizens

What happened if you were a Jew and you resisted one of the laws?

You'd be taken to a concentration camp

Once the war started, more extreme measures were taken against Jews in Germany and its conquered areas, what were these measures?

- Emigration wasn't an option anymore
- (Poland) Jews died of starvation and sickness in ghettos
- (Russia) special killing squads (Einsatzgruppen) were ordered by Hitler to shoot as many Jews, communists and Romas as possible

What did the Germans see as a solution for their 'Jewish problem'?

Genocide; deliberate killing of a large group of people

What was the most effective method for the Germans to commit genocide?

Gassing the Jews

Extermination camps were set up, what were some purposes of these camps?

- Gassing Jews and gypsies
- labour camps where Jews were put to work until they died

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