Summary Notes on the status of and attitudes towards ethnic minorities
16 views 0 purchase
Course
Unit 1G - Germany and West Germany, 1918-89
Institution
PEARSON (PEARSON)
A* student study notes on the status of and attitudes towards ethnic minorities, across all 3 main eras from 1918-89. Has all the key facts and figures you would need to remember, summarised, and condensed into a visual, note format/table,
Status of and Attitudes towards Jews Attitudes towards other minorities
attitudes towards,
ethnic minorities
1918-32
Weimar - 1/3rd lived in Berlin, ‘Jew Berlin’ - Prussia + Bavaria passed laws to
- Five Jews held cabinet posts in the Weimar Republic, try and control the Gypsies. E.g.,
Rathenau foreign minister - led to a criticism of the 1927, Bavaria said all Gypsies
government for appointing Jews should carry identity cards.
- German peoples offensive had 25,000 members 1919 and - Hostility to Poles because they
170,000 when disbanded 1923 had fought Germany in the war,
- Reich Federation of Jewish Front Soldiers were set up to between 1925 and 1933 about
fight anti-semitism 30,000 left the country.
- Jews + communist given a lot of the blame for misfortune - Ruhr 1923, 500 mixed children
denounced as ‘Germanys
shame’
- National boycott April 1933, SA members stood outside - 1934 Nazis began a compulsory
Nazi urging people not to go in. sterilisation programme,
- April 1933, series of laws restricted the number of Jewish doctors + hospitals had to report
university students, banned Jews from athletic and those ‘unfit to breed’ – extended
sporting groups and stopped people with ‘Jewish names’ to Jews, Gypsies, criminals, black
from sending telegrams. and mixed-race people.
- Nuremberg race laws 1935, anyone with 3/4 Jewish - 400,000 people sterilized 1934-
grandparents. 45, almost all against their will
- Law for the restoration of the professional civil service - Poles rounded up in Ghettos,
1933 deliberately badly overcrowded +
- Yellow star displayed on Jewish-owned shops encouraging food + medical supplies kept to a
random violence. min
- Separate yellow park benches, tram cars, restaurants, - Strength through joy ran bus
swimming pools trips through the Lodz ghetto, so
- KRISTALLNACHT – over 260 synagogues burned, Jewish people could see how depraved
homes and shops looted. the race were.
- Dehumanise, gave jobs such as scrubbing the streets on
their knee, 1938 flight tax for emigration was everything
but a suitcase.
- SS units – Einsatzgruppen, 2 mil of 6 mil murdered in
holocaust were E victims. Dig the grave, strip, stand on
edge and shoot them.
- Final solution decided in Wannsee 1942, 5 death camps.
- Gov guaranteed Germans + non-
FRG Germans the same wages + a
preference to German workers
when hiring.
- 1960 more female workers were
recruited (43,000 1960, over
700,000 1973)
- Foreign workers arrived taking
the worst jobs possible for very
low wages
- Known as ‘guest workers’ didn’t
have the rights of German
citizens
- 1973 government put a stop to
hiring and banned permits for
families of workers already in the
country.
- 1975 government gave guest
worker’s children the same
benefit as other children
- 1977 ban was removed
The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
Guaranteed quality through customer reviews
Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.
Quick and easy check-out
You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.
Focus on what matters
Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I buy this document?
You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.
Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?
Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.
Who am I buying these notes from?
Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller ellshp. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.
Will I be stuck with a subscription?
No, you only buy these notes for $3.88. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.
