Explain How Far The Sources Support Jewish Measures In 1933-1939
Use your own knowledge to assess how far the sources support the interpretation that most Germans ACTIVELY supported anti-Jewish measures in 1933-1939. [70]
Through 1933 to 1939, all these sources suggest that there was and was not active support during this time period against the Jews.
Firstly, there are 3 main sources which all show that yes, there was active support; these sources are A, B and D. But without ruling them all out, I believe that source C does show some active support.
If you look at source A, you can see it was a secret report by a Socialist Party agent. They were writing a report of what they could see about how the Jews were being treated and if any action was being taken. The Socialist writing this report has …show more content…
no reason to lie because it is a report on something and he is working in secret so the Nazis wouldn’t read it but still could always be seen as biased because the report was written by a Socialist. This source is also seen as not being typical because the person who wrote this was in a Socialist party (SOPADE) and they all went into exile so this is a rare source. In the source it does says that even though the German people agreed with Hitler, they didn’t exactly go out and ‘actively’ support what he said, to back this up there is a quote which says ‘Fundamentally people agree to a large extent with Hitler’ I believe this is showing that they do see what Hitler is saying and the agree with him to a certain extent, but they won’t go out and ‘actively’ support what he says so referring to the question this does not fully support it as there was not a lot of active support against the Jews.
If we look at source B, this is able to link together with source A because they both show that the German people were allowing the influence of the Nazis and Hitler to be able to convince them that the Jews are the problem and something should be done about that.
Source B is by Josef Goebbels, who was a big Nazi and chief of propaganda. Straight away you will know that this source will be biased as it was written by a high profile Nazi who was very close to Hitler. In the source Goebbels says that Kristallnacht was the fault of the German population but from my own knowledge I know that most of the Germans involved in the attacks on the Jews were SA and SS men who were undercover to look like any other German and even though these men were undercover, other Germans still mixed in with them and ‘actively’ supported anti-Jewish measures. Also from my own knowledge I know that Kristallnacht partially happened because Goebbels heard that many non-Jewish Germans were still buying from Jews and were not following orders so Kristallnacht was set up, but in disguise, for people to think it was the German population doing it. Goebbels even says in his press statement, which happened the day after Kristallnacht occurred, ‘The whole population is now firmly asked to abstain from all further action of whatever nature against the Jews’ That shows you that Goebbels was trying to trick people into thinking that it was just the German population but with full knowing it was SS and SA men …show more content…
undercover.
Thirdly, if we look at source C, this source is from a League of German Maiden Leader who had written post-war memoirs of her feelings towards the Jews and what she did. In the source she said she ‘actively’ protested about ‘the Jew’ as a whole group, because she preached against them. And even though it does show she is doing some ‘active’ towards the anti-Jewish measures, she isn’t physically going out to ‘actively’ show her dislike of ‘the Jew’. What she says in the source is very contradicting, because on one hand you have her saying she hates ‘the Jew’ as a whole group but singular Jews are alright, but then she still says racist things about Jews. A quote from the source says ‘I thought only of the hate figure, ‘the Jew’. It was only ‘the Jew’ who was being persecuted’; this shows that she still liked individual Jews, but the Jews as a whole, she didn’t like. She said herself she had ‘anti-semantic opinions...’ about the Jews because she still liked some of them yet she was confused about her feelings towards them. She shows a lack of ‘active’ support because she isn’t doing anything against them, apart from preaching against ‘the Jew’. If we look at this source we can see that there was evidence of some ‘active’ support against the anti-Jewish measures, so we can link this source with A, B and also D. This source I think only supports the fact that only a few amount of Germans ‘actively’ supported anti-Jewish measures.
Lastly, looking at source D; this is by a historian, and you know that is believable and a typical source as it is but a historian and there would be no reason for it not to be true in what it says. In the source, the historian does say ‘Most Germans were opposed to the Jews...’ Which shows that when he says ‘most’ you are able to believe that some Germans were ‘active’ and some were not towards the anti-Jewish measures. As I know from my own knowledge Germans didn’t completely follow the Nazi rules of not shopping or talking or interacting with Jews. Many Germans still shopped from Jewish owned shops, many Germans still spoke to some of the Jews and interacted with them. So the Nazis influence wasn’t holding up very strong as Germans were still ignoring them. Referring to the question being asked, you can see from this source that it can only support it half-way, because some Germans were ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures whereas some were not.
If we look at all the sources, A, B, C and D, they all show evidence of how Germans were and were not ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures.
They all link together because they all say that Germans were still interacting with Jews, buying from Jewish shops etc; it was still happening even though the Nazis said for it not to happen. All sources are also able to show the other side, that people were being ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures, some are represented in source B with Kristallnacht because some Germans did take part, also preaching in source C with the lady from the League of German Maidens. In source A and D, they both say similar things in how some people were still talking to the Jews and interacting with them even though told not to by the Nazis, some still did it
anyway.
Overall I think out of all the sources, they all suggest that there were ‘active’ supporters and non-active towards anti-Jewish measures. They all show evidence that Germans were ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures but all the sources aren’t ‘swinging’ in one direction, as they all have evidence for each side. So overall, using my own knowledge, I am able to assess that these 4 sources don’t all fully support the interpretation that most Germans ‘actively’ supported the anti-Jewish measure in 1933-1939.
Through 1933 to 1939, all these sources suggest that there was and was not active support during this time period against the Jews.
Firstly, there are 3 main sources which all show that yes, there was active support; these sources are A, B and D. But without ruling them all out, I believe that source C does show some active support.
If you look at source A, you can see it was a secret report by a Socialist Party agent. They were writing a report of what they could see about how the Jews were being treated and if any action was being taken. The Socialist writing this report has …show more content…
no reason to lie because it is a report on something and he is working in secret so the Nazis wouldn’t read it but still could always be seen as biased because the report was written by a Socialist. This source is also seen as not being typical because the person who wrote this was in a Socialist party (SOPADE) and they all went into exile so this is a rare source. In the source it does says that even though the German people agreed with Hitler, they didn’t exactly go out and ‘actively’ support what he said, to back this up there is a quote which says ‘Fundamentally people agree to a large extent with Hitler’ I believe this is showing that they do see what Hitler is saying and the agree with him to a certain extent, but they won’t go out and ‘actively’ support what he says so referring to the question this does not fully support it as there was not a lot of active support against the Jews.
If we look at source B, this is able to link together with source A because they both show that the German people were allowing the influence of the Nazis and Hitler to be able to convince them that the Jews are the problem and something should be done about that.
Source B is by Josef Goebbels, who was a big Nazi and chief of propaganda. Straight away you will know that this source will be biased as it was written by a high profile Nazi who was very close to Hitler. In the source Goebbels says that Kristallnacht was the fault of the German population but from my own knowledge I know that most of the Germans involved in the attacks on the Jews were SA and SS men who were undercover to look like any other German and even though these men were undercover, other Germans still mixed in with them and ‘actively’ supported anti-Jewish measures. Also from my own knowledge I know that Kristallnacht partially happened because Goebbels heard that many non-Jewish Germans were still buying from Jews and were not following orders so Kristallnacht was set up, but in disguise, for people to think it was the German population doing it. Goebbels even says in his press statement, which happened the day after Kristallnacht occurred, ‘The whole population is now firmly asked to abstain from all further action of whatever nature against the Jews’ That shows you that Goebbels was trying to trick people into thinking that it was just the German population but with full knowing it was SS and SA men …show more content…
undercover.
Thirdly, if we look at source C, this source is from a League of German Maiden Leader who had written post-war memoirs of her feelings towards the Jews and what she did. In the source she said she ‘actively’ protested about ‘the Jew’ as a whole group, because she preached against them. And even though it does show she is doing some ‘active’ towards the anti-Jewish measures, she isn’t physically going out to ‘actively’ show her dislike of ‘the Jew’. What she says in the source is very contradicting, because on one hand you have her saying she hates ‘the Jew’ as a whole group but singular Jews are alright, but then she still says racist things about Jews. A quote from the source says ‘I thought only of the hate figure, ‘the Jew’. It was only ‘the Jew’ who was being persecuted’; this shows that she still liked individual Jews, but the Jews as a whole, she didn’t like. She said herself she had ‘anti-semantic opinions...’ about the Jews because she still liked some of them yet she was confused about her feelings towards them. She shows a lack of ‘active’ support because she isn’t doing anything against them, apart from preaching against ‘the Jew’. If we look at this source we can see that there was evidence of some ‘active’ support against the anti-Jewish measures, so we can link this source with A, B and also D. This source I think only supports the fact that only a few amount of Germans ‘actively’ supported anti-Jewish measures.
Lastly, looking at source D; this is by a historian, and you know that is believable and a typical source as it is but a historian and there would be no reason for it not to be true in what it says. In the source, the historian does say ‘Most Germans were opposed to the Jews...’ Which shows that when he says ‘most’ you are able to believe that some Germans were ‘active’ and some were not towards the anti-Jewish measures. As I know from my own knowledge Germans didn’t completely follow the Nazi rules of not shopping or talking or interacting with Jews. Many Germans still shopped from Jewish owned shops, many Germans still spoke to some of the Jews and interacted with them. So the Nazis influence wasn’t holding up very strong as Germans were still ignoring them. Referring to the question being asked, you can see from this source that it can only support it half-way, because some Germans were ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures whereas some were not.
If we look at all the sources, A, B, C and D, they all show evidence of how Germans were and were not ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures.
They all link together because they all say that Germans were still interacting with Jews, buying from Jewish shops etc; it was still happening even though the Nazis said for it not to happen. All sources are also able to show the other side, that people were being ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures, some are represented in source B with Kristallnacht because some Germans did take part, also preaching in source C with the lady from the League of German Maidens. In source A and D, they both say similar things in how some people were still talking to the Jews and interacting with them even though told not to by the Nazis, some still did it
anyway.
Overall I think out of all the sources, they all suggest that there were ‘active’ supporters and non-active towards anti-Jewish measures. They all show evidence that Germans were ‘actively’ supporting the anti-Jewish measures but all the sources aren’t ‘swinging’ in one direction, as they all have evidence for each side. So overall, using my own knowledge, I am able to assess that these 4 sources don’t all fully support the interpretation that most Germans ‘actively’ supported the anti-Jewish measure in 1933-1939.