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2826. The "Jewish Question"
policies and laws that transformed German Jews into second-class citizens. Then, they expelled Jews ... “Jewish Question,” the status of European Jews became the subject of heated debate in an era when they ... expected Jews to adapt or abandon their customs, behavior, traditions, and even religion in order to ... or acculturation were real “solutions” to the “Jewish Question.” Rather, they believed that Jews were
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2827. Do Not Forget Them
brother-in-law, and his adorable baby niece. His older sister, with her husband and the baby, had only ... Jews and the Jews brought in from the neighboring towns, the young man’s sister was in line clutching ... brothers and the brother-in-law of the young man in the street were among those sent to labor camps in ... among the six million Jews murdered in Europe. To me, they were my uncle (my father’s oldest brother
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2828. Museum Launches Never Stop Asking Why Initiative
Military and Law Enforcement; Encourages the Public to Explore the Relevance of Holocaust History ... the military and law enforcement, and many others asking questions, which can be found at ushmm ... recruits and seasoned leaders in the military and law enforcement, members of the clergy, students and ... with Nazi officials? His response to the complicity of law enforcement in Nazi Germany was to work with
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2829. Martin Niemöller: Biography
way as to bar so-called non-Aryans (people considered Jewish under Nazi racial laws) from the ministry ... faith; and by expelling converted Jews from the church, the German Christians were elevating ... teachings that the Jews were guilty of deicide, the killing of Jesus. In a 1935 sermon, Niemöller ... described the Jews as “a highly gifted people which produces idea after idea for the benefit of the world
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2830. Nazi Territorial Aggression: The Anschluss
subjected to the laws and restrictions that discriminated against Jews in Nazi Germany. Many decided to try ... mass murder of Europe’s Jews. The Anschluss was not inevitable. Nor was the rapid ... opponents and Jews without fear of repercussions. They seized power in government buildings and dominated ... . Terrified Jews, leftists and Schuschnigg supporters tried to flee Austria. They raced towards the country
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2831. Spiritual Resistance in the Ghettos
resistance, Jews engaged in various forms of unarmed defiance. These included organized attempts at escaping ... . Jews smuggled books and manuscripts into many ghettos for safekeeping, and opened underground libraries ... Theresienstadt ghetto, near Prague. In the ghettos, Jews also engaged—insofar as possible—in a variety of ... efforts served to gather evidence on situation of Jews in occupied Europe and also sought to reaffirm a
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2832. Holocaust Denial and Hate Speech
law, faith, the arts, and other areas; Introduces, punctuates, or ends sections of study; as homework ... and democracy in her country. Zypries explains why her government passed a law making Holocaust denial ... a criminal offense and why that law is important. Learn more Back to outline Rationale ... to Holocaust deniers; and Brigitte Zypries, who explains why her government passed a law making
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2833. Dr. Judith Szapor
on the legacy of the so-called numerus clausus law, the first anti-Jewish legislation in postwar ... Europe, enacted in Hungary in 1920. She argues that not only did the law prepare the ground for the ... infamous anti-Jewish laws of the 1930s but it influenced the modernization of Hungarian society in ways ... university admission practices and illiberal government ideology, both as Jews and as emancipated and
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2834. Dr. Alessandro Visani
several articles in scholarly journals, including “Italian Reactions to the Racial Laws of 1938 as Seen ... Research and Conference Grant for his project entitled, “The Italians and the 1938 Racial Laws,” and the ... resulted in the Racial Laws of 1938. He measured the extent to which Italy’s deeply-rooted practice of ... roundup of Jews. Dr. Visani showed that Catholicism was the primary reason why the majority of Italians
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2835. Introduction to the Holocaust
European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators ... However, they quickly began using the government to target and exclude Jews from German society. Among ... other antisemitic measures, the Nazi German regime enacted discriminatory laws and organized violence ... targeting Germany’s Jews. The Nazi persecution of Jews became increasingly radical between 1933 and 1945
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2836. Rescue
resistance and sabotage. German Security Police officials planned to deport the Danish Jews while martial law ... Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust presented a host of difficulties ... hampered major rescue operations. Individuals willing to help Jews in danger faced severe consequences if ... Jews among non-Jewish populations, especially in eastern Europe, was a daunting obstacle to rescue
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2837. Emanuel "Manny" Mandel
Jewish center in Europe. In 1938, the Hungarian government passed the first of several anti-Jewish laws ... These laws restricted Jewish life and opportunities in Hungary, a Nazi ally. Like other able-bodied ... It became mandatory for all Jews over the age of six in Hungary to wear the yellow Star of David ... Hungarians began to carry out deportations of Jews from Hungary, most to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center
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2838. The Role of German Clergy and Church Leaders
churches were to a large degree complicit in the persecution of Jews. Most Christian leaders in ... progressively stripped Jews of their rights. Some church leaders, particularly within the highly nationalistic ... out against Nazi racism, gave Sunday sermons decrying the persecution of Germany’s Jews, provided aid ... or hid Jews. Without the support of their leaders and institutions, voices of dissent had little
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2839. Complicity in Nazi Aims
ambitions. In addition to pursuing traditional military objectives, the Wehrmacht targeted Jews and other ... military stood in stark contrast to existing codes of honorable military conduct and international law. A ... few individuals acted according to those codes and laws, but the vast majority of German soldiers, and ... racial and ideological worldview, they targeted representatives of the Communist state and Jews. Read
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2840. Nazi Racism: An Overview
. Once in power, the Nazis implemented racial laws and policies that deprived Jews, Black people, and ... . Racism, including racial antisemitism (prejudice against or hatred of Jews ... the Nuremberg Race Laws in 1935, which codified a supposedly biological ... ," including the genocide of European Jews and the destruction of the leadership of the Slavic peoples
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2841. I Was but a Child
it was against the law because he was our cousin by marriage and was not related to us by blood ... things are different now. The Gestapo are gone and now we must do things according to the Law. Now we ... must obey all the laws.” I was not happy about that because Harreke had become very attached to me ... members’ return, not having heard of, or grasped as yet the enormity of the massacre of our fellow Jews
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2842. Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution"
-Jews or persons of mixed descent as defined by the Nuremberg laws, prospects for inducing Germany ... German Army High Command on the murder of civilians, including Soviet Jews ... Jews to locations in German-occupied Poland and the German-occupied Soviet Union, where German ... European Jews. At some still undetermined time in 1941, Adolf Hitler authorized
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2843. King Christian X of Denmark
General Hermann von Hanneken, declared martial law. German authorities arrested Danish civilians, Jews and ... Did King Christian X of Denmark Wear a Yellow Star in Support of the Danish Jews ... in support of the Danish Jews during the German occupation of Denmark ... are fictional. In fact, unlike Jews in other countries under German occupation, Jews in Denmark never
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2844. Adolf Hitler: Key Dates
unknown arsonists, the German parliament passes the Law for ... (Ermächtigungsgesetz). This law allows Hitler, as Chancellor, to initiate and sign legislation into law without ... masking the regime’s targeting of Jews and Roma (Gypsies) as well as Germany’s growing militarism ... parliament in January 1939, Hitler states that another world war will result in the elimination of Jews from
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2845. Pogroms
violence had covered the first two months of the Nazi regime and culminated in a law dismissing Jews and ... Nuremberg Race Laws in September 1935 saw frequent violence against Jews in various German cities. Such ... term refers to violent attacks by local non-Jewish populations on Jews in the Russian Empire and in ... Poland's Galicia province (now West Ukraine), killing tens of thousands of Jews between 1918 and 1920
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2846. Transnistria Governorate
against Jews in Transnistria. The auxiliaries included ethnic Ukrainians, Romanians, and Germans who lived ... They also carried out massacres of Jews. The authorities deported to Transnistria tens of ... thousands of Jews from the regions of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. The deported Jews had to live in ... ethnic Romanians, Russians, Germans, and others also lived there. In addition, approximately 331,000 Jews
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2847. Irwin Cotler
and the Jews. A conference that was to commemorate the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa turned ... discrimination against and denial of the rights of Jews as a minority in whatever host society to live as equal ... freedom of expression. I had my legal education at Yale Law School in the United States, which is a ... democracy. But both domestic and international law prohibit incitement to violence, let alone incitement to
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2848. My Father’s Pocket Watch
little family forever. After Hitler took power, he quickly imposed laws against Jews, at first in ... laws against Jews, and hoped for the best. I remember wearing the yellow Jewish star on my chest ... and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws.
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2849. The Press in the Third Reich
the guild which regulated entry into the profession. Under the new Editors Law of October 4, 1933, the ... association kept registries of “racially pure” editors and journalists, and excluded Jews and those married to ... Jews from the profession. Propaganda Ministry officials expected editors and journalists, who had to ... down by the ministry. In paragraph 14 of the law, the regime required editors to omit anything
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2850. Terms of Use
six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. All uses of its photographs and other materials must be ... )’ permission or in accordance with applicable law. II. Restrictions on Your Use of the Content The Museum ... based on Museum policy, or based on the Museum’s interpretation of law. The Museum cannot guarantee ... permission where required. Comply with all applicable law, including copyright law, when using Content