Today we started by going through and showing Mr. Bruns our pictures. I got 6 extra credit points. We then continued to talk about the Holocaust. 6 million Jews died, 500,000 to 1.5 million Gypsies, 75,000 to 250,000 mentally/physically handicapped people, Soviet Slavs/POW's/Troops-16.5 million. Polish-2.5 million dead. Homosexuals-5 to 15 thousand dead. Communists/socialists-a lot. no confirmed number. dark skinned people-killed and forced sterilization. mixed races-"The mulatto children came bout through rape or the white mother was a whore" -Hitler. Jehovah's Witnesses-2500-5000. I've come to the conclusion that Hitler was one crazy dude.
Nuremburg Laws-Took away German citizenship from Jews making Jews second class citizens by removing their basic civil rights.
Established membership in the jewish race as being anyone who either considered themselves Jewish or had 3 or 4 jewish grandparents were considered to be mixed race. Eventually anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent was at risk in Nazi Germany.
Jews could only marry Jews.
No sexual relations between non-Jewish Germans and Jews.
1936
-Nazis tell everyone to not buy anything from Jewish-owned buisnesses.
1938-Kristallnacht "Night of the Broken Glass"
On Nov. 9 and 10 gangs of Nazi youth went through Jewish neighborhoods broke windos of Jewish buisnesses and homes, butnt synagogues. 101 synagogues were destroyed and almost 7500 Jewish buisnesses were destroyed. 26000 jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Jews were physically attacked and beaten and 91 died in the attack.
1830-Jerish children are expelled from public schools in Germany and Austria. Nazis took control of Jewish-owned buisnesses.
1939
Hitler orders the systematic murder of the mentally and physically disabledin Germany and Austria because they didnt want any more handicapped people. Homosexuals had to wear pink triangle arm bands, Jews had to wear the Star of David.
1940
Nazis began deporting German Jews to Poland. Jews are forced into ghettos. Nazis begin the first mass murder of Jews in Poland.
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