Who Choose One Group In Nazi Germany Analysis
Describe the experiences of (choose ONE group) in Nazi Germany.
During the course of Nazi Germany, various minority groups fell victim to the madness of the Nazis. In Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf Hitler explained how he believed that the German people were the true Aryan race and that their purity and superiority had to be maintained at all costs by expelling or eliminating those who had no place in the master race. The persecution of those who did not fit Hitler’s ideal Aryan master race began soon after Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. They included Jews, tramps, alcoholics, homeless and beggars, homosexuals, gypsies, the Jehovah Witnesses and the disabled.
These groups of people were regarded as inferiors and were
detained, tortured, forced into hard labour and exterminated at the numerous concentrations camps that took place in Europe between 1933 and 1945. However the disabled were persecuted through The Euthanasia Programme/Order, a murder program which resulted to 5000 killings of handicapped children and 72 000 mentally ill patients. Although many races were affected by the holocaust, it is clear that the Jewish race suffered most. In November 1938 a young Jew killed Ernst von Rath, a German diplomat. The Nazis used this as an excuse to launch violent revenge on remaining Jews on the night of the 9th-10th November 1938. They rioted, smashing up Jewish shops and workplaces. In the aftermath, 92 Jews were killed and 20,000 Jews were taken to concentration camps and this became known as the ‘Night of Broken Glass’.
By the end of 1935 all Jewish shops were marked with the yellow Star of David or the word Juden. On buses, trains and park benches Jews had to sit on seats marked for them. German school children were taught about the evils of Judaism and how it had crippled Germany. In total over 6 million Jews were exterminated in what is now known as the Holocaust.
Hitler had firm racial policies and at all costs believed to maintain a master race those who had no place in the master race were to be expelled or eliminated. However, there were many groups of people who were targeted by Hitler's policies but saw the Jews as an obstacle in his plan to establish his master race.
During the course of Nazi Germany, various minority groups fell victim to the madness of the Nazis. In Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf Hitler explained how he believed that the German people were the true Aryan race and that their purity and superiority had to be maintained at all costs by expelling or eliminating those who had no place in the master race. The persecution of those who did not fit Hitler’s ideal Aryan master race began soon after Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. They included Jews, tramps, alcoholics, homeless and beggars, homosexuals, gypsies, the Jehovah Witnesses and the disabled.
These groups of people were regarded as inferiors and were
detained, tortured, forced into hard labour and exterminated at the numerous concentrations camps that took place in Europe between 1933 and 1945. However the disabled were persecuted through The Euthanasia Programme/Order, a murder program which resulted to 5000 killings of handicapped children and 72 000 mentally ill patients. Although many races were affected by the holocaust, it is clear that the Jewish race suffered most. In November 1938 a young Jew killed Ernst von Rath, a German diplomat. The Nazis used this as an excuse to launch violent revenge on remaining Jews on the night of the 9th-10th November 1938. They rioted, smashing up Jewish shops and workplaces. In the aftermath, 92 Jews were killed and 20,000 Jews were taken to concentration camps and this became known as the ‘Night of Broken Glass’.
By the end of 1935 all Jewish shops were marked with the yellow Star of David or the word Juden. On buses, trains and park benches Jews had to sit on seats marked for them. German school children were taught about the evils of Judaism and how it had crippled Germany. In total over 6 million Jews were exterminated in what is now known as the Holocaust.
Hitler had firm racial policies and at all costs believed to maintain a master race those who had no place in the master race were to be expelled or eliminated. However, there were many groups of people who were targeted by Hitler's policies but saw the Jews as an obstacle in his plan to establish his master race.