Treatment of minorities

• Where did the Slavic people originally come from?


  Eastern Europe
• What did Nazi propaganda claim about Slavs?


  That they were Untermenschen and that Germans deserved their land for Lebensraum
• What term did the Nazis use to refer to the Sinti and Roma communities?


  Gypsies
• Why were the Sinti and Roma communities seen as a threat by the Nazis?


  They were viewed as a threat to racial purity and did not contribute taxes
• How many gypsies were in Germany in 1933?

  26,000
• What happened to many Sinti and Roma people in Germany during the Nazi regime?


  Many were sent to concentration camps
• What measures were taken against the Sinti and Roma communities starting in 1938?


  They were put on a register and tested for racial purity
• What orders were given regarding the Sinti and Roma communities from 1939?


  Orders were given for their removal from Germany by deportation
• How did the Nazis view homosexuals?


  They believed gay people lowered moral standards and racial purity
• What happened to the laws regarding homosexuality in 1935?


  Laws were strengthened, leading to an increase in imprisonments
• How many people were imprisoned for homosexuality by 1938?

  8,000
• What was the fate of homosexuals in concentration camps?


  Approximately 5,000 homosexuals died in concentration camps
• How did the Nazis perceive people with disabilities?


  They saw them as a burden on society and a threat to racial purity
• What law was enacted in 1933 regarding people with disabilities?

  The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
• How many people were sterilized under the 1933 law?


  400,000
• What was the T4 programme initiated by the Nazis in 1939?


  A secret programme to euthanise children with disabilities
• How many deaths resulted from the T4 programme?


  Over 5,000
• What type of propaganda was used against Jewish people starting in 1933?


  They were described as 'vermin' and evil schemers against Germany
• How many Jewish people were in Germany in 1933?


  437,000
• What occurred on 1 April 1933 regarding Jewish businesses?


  There was a one-day boycott of all Jewish businesses
• What restrictions were placed on Jewish people in April 1934?


  They were banned from government jobs, civil service, and teaching
• What restrictions were imposed on Jewish people in 1934 regarding public spaces?


  They were banned from parks and swimming pools
• What happened in May 1935 regarding Jewish people and the military?


  Jewish people were banned from the army
• What did the Nuremberg Laws of September 1935 do?


  They denied Jewish people German citizenship and various rights
• What symbol were Jewish people required to wear as per the Nuremberg Laws?


  A yellow star
• What was the impact of the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the persecution of Jewish people?


  There was a brief lull in persecution during the Olympics
• What requirement was imposed on Jewish people in March 1938?


  They had to register all their possessions
• What identification requirement was enforced on Jewish people in July 1938?


  They were forced to carry separate identity cards
• What event occurred on 7 November 1938 involving a Polish Jew?


  A Polish Jew shot Ernst Von Rath, an official at the German embassy in Paris
• How did Joseph Goebbels use the news of Von Rath’s death?


  He stirred up a nationwide campaign of destruction against Jewish people
• What was Kristallnacht?


  A wave of violence against Jewish people and their properties on 9-10 November 1938
• What were the consequences of Kristallnacht?


  Hundreds of synagogues, homes, and businesses were destroyed, over one hundred Jewish people were killed, and 20,000 were sent to concentration camps
• What decision did the Nazis make regarding Jewish people by 1939?


  To remove them from Germany altogether
• What happened to Jewish people in April 1939?


  They were evicted from their homes and sent to overcrowded ghettoes
• What event marked the beginning of World War II in relation to Jewish deportation?


  World War II broke out in September 1939