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Discrimination started as soon as Hitler became Chancellor in

1933 and got progressively worse…

April 1933 April 1933 April 1933 April 1933 Jews banned from

any sports clubs

January 1934 January 1934 January 1934 January 1934 All Jewish shops

marked with a yellow

star or the word

‘Juden’ September 1933September 1933September 1933September 1933

Race studies

introduced

September 1935 September 1935 September 1935 September 1935

Marriages between

Jews and Aryans

were banned

November 1938November 1938November 1938November 1938 Jewish children

banned from school

August 1938 August 1938 August 1938 August 1938

Male Jews had to

add the name

‘Israel’ and females

the name ‘Sarah to

their names

April 1939 April 1939 April 1939 April 1939 Jews could be

evicted from their

homes

September 1939 September 1939 September 1939 September 1939

Jews were not

allowed out of their

homes after 8pm

What was happening to younger children? ACTIVITY

Read the information and create a teaching aid/mind map or poster that you could

use to explain what was happening to younger children.

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Hitler was determined to crush anyone that didn’t fully support him. He formed the “GestapoGestapoGestapoGestapo” the secret police who hunted out anyone who might be against Hitler. They had the power to ar-rest or imprison anyone who might be against Hit-ler without a trial.

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Children were encouraged to report their teachers or parents if they made negative comments about the “Fuhrer”. By 1939 there were over 100,000 people in prisons for “Anti-Hitler crimes”. These people were known as “enemies of the state”.

Hitler wanted a pure society that was not corrupt. Tramps, prostitutes and gay peo-ple would be put in prisons (also known as concentration camps). He believed that these people were destroying Germany.

Hitler also believed that disabled or people with mental health problems should be destroyed as they damaged the strength of the German race as they would pass on their disabilities to their children. 300,000 men and women were sterilised 300,000 men and women were sterilised 300,000 men and women were sterilised 300,000 men and women were sterilised (which meant that they could not have children) and hundreds of thousands of people were killed due to their illnesses.

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Hitler believed that mankind was divided into races and that some races were superior to others. He felt that the superior race was the “AryanAryanAryanAryan” race which was European of Anglo-Saxon origin. He felt that mixed race relationships “dirtied” the Aryan race. Races he believed should be de-stroyed were black people, gyp-sies, Russians and especially

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Between 1933-39 Hitler persecuted the Jews in particular. He did not start to trans-port Jews in mass to concentration camps until 1939 though. He was aware of what other countries would think. Instead Hitler made life as uncomfortable as possible for the Jewish in the hope that they would leave (but they had to pay a fine to leave.

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Jews were humiliated in schools where they would be picked on and violence against Jews was encouraged… signs such as “Jews enter at their own risk” were common in Germany.

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Hitler also introduced a series of laws designed to make life as uncomfortable as possible for Jews.

By 1941 80% of German Jews had left the country. By 1945 Hitler By 1941 80% of German Jews had left the country. By 1945 Hitler By 1941 80% of German Jews had left the country. By 1945 Hitler By 1941 80% of German Jews had left the country. By 1945 Hitler had overseen the murder of had overseen the murder of had overseen the murder of had overseen the murder of 6 million 6 million 6 million 6 million Jewish people including 1.5 Jewish people including 1.5 Jewish people including 1.5 Jewish people including 1.5 million children.million children.million children.million children.

In 1934 there was a boycott on all Jewish shops and SA guards stood outside stopping people from shopping there. By 1938 all Jews were sacked from their jobs and all children were banned from schools.

In 1935, Hitler an-In 1935, Hitler an-In 1935, Hitler an-In 1935, Hitler an-nounced that all nounced that all nounced that all nounced that all Jewish people had Jewish people had Jewish people had Jewish people had to wear the yellow to wear the yellow to wear the yellow to wear the yellow Star of DavidStar of DavidStar of DavidStar of David

In 1935, Hitler In 1935, Hitler In 1935, Hitler In 1935, Hitler banned the mar-banned the mar-banned the mar-banned the mar-riages between riages between riages between riages between Jews and AryansJews and AryansJews and AryansJews and Aryans

All Jewish males had to add the name Israel to their first names and all females had to add the name Sarah and in 1939 all Jews could be evicted from their homes for no reason and were not allowed out of their homes after 8pm.

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GHETTOIZATION The next step in Hitler’s plan was to forcibly separate the Jews from the Germans

He began to order areas of cities

and towns to be walled off – and

demanded all the Jews be moved

into those areas.

Jews were often not given much notice, and were forced

to leave their homes; often to then find themselves shar-

ing a cramped flat in derelict condition.

Jews were not allowed

to leave the Ghettos.

Food was in very short

supply.

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GHETTOIZATION

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1. What can you see happening in the images?

2. What do you think the people are trying to do?

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Discuss what you would have taken into a ghetto Discuss what you would have taken into a ghetto Discuss what you would have taken into a ghetto Discuss what you would have taken into a ghetto had you been deported to one.had you been deported to one.had you been deported to one.had you been deported to one.

TASK:

Jews stand in line with

the possessions they

can carry during their

relocation to the War-

saw ghetto in late

1940. They will be

searched by the be-

fore entry into the

ghetto, to ensure they

are not smuggling any-

thing forbidden inside.

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LIFE IN THE GHETTOS

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"I am hungry. I am cold. When I grow up I want

to be German, and then I will no longer be hun-

gry or cold," a child wrote in her diary.

Many Jews starved to death in the Ghettos.

Babies and children wasted away and died.

Adults fought over a raw potato, and many

children – like the ones in the previous

photo – risked their lives to try to smuggle a

small amount of food which would feed

their whole family.

Jews tried to sneak the food in, but if they

were caught they were killed on the spot.

The Nazis gave Jews very little food. At its

very best, it was no more than 1,100 calo-

ries a day. At its worst they’d only get

about 350 calories a day, sometimes only

220 calories.