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1. What is meant by the term "Kristallnacht"? Kristallnacht also known as "Crystal Night" in German. These can also be called Night of broken Glass or November Pogroms. The night when Nazis attacked Jewish people. They called it Kristallnacht because of the remaining broken glass on the ground after the incident between the Nazis and Jewish.
2. When did this even occur? The Kristallnacht happened in 9th and 10th of November. However, in some places the acts of violence continued for several more days. Kristallnacht took place in Germany and Austria.
3. How many synagogues did the programme claim were burned? After this 2 days of horrible violence between them, there are many properties were damaged and some of them were burned. In two days, there are 1,000 synagogues were damage or otherwise burned.
4. How many Jews were claimed to have died as a result of this event? Rioters were claimed to destroyed 7,500 Jewish businesses, killed 91 Jewish people and vandalized Jewish hospital, schools, homes and even cemeteries.
5. How many were said to have been sent to concentration camps? There are 30,000 Jewish males age 16 - 60 were arrested. To accommodate so many new prisoners, the concentration camps were expanded.
6. What was the reaction of the German people to this event? After the incident, German people looked differently to Jewish people. They started t believed that Nazis viewed Jewish people as a misfortune. However, some Germans were feeling ashamed and started a debate about the violence towards Jewish people and their territories.
On Wednesday we had our badminton competition. Our team played against Christchurch Girls High School. We went to their school to play with them, when we reach our destination I was really shocked because their school is really big and it's really pretty. After we get there, we did some warm up first and started our game. At the end of all the game our team won and we don't have any lose game. I played 1 games in single and 1 game in doubles. It was really fun playing with them and going to their school to meet them.
After learning about Hitler's opinion about Jewish people, we moved on in our next topic. We read this article that telling us about the Nuremberg laws. After reading this, there are 5 questions that we need to answer base on what we've just read. If you don't know what is Nuremberg laws, it is a antisemitic and racist laws made and enacted by the Nazi Germany.
THE NUREMBERG LAWS
At their annual party rally held in Nuremberg in September 1935, the Nazi leaders announced new laws based on many of the racial theories common in Nazi beliefs. These "Nuremberg Laws" excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or German-related blood." Additional regulations to these laws deprived them of most political rights. Jews were disenfranchised (that is, they had no right to vote) and could not hold public office.
The Nuremberg Laws did not identify a "Jew" as someone with particular religious beliefs. Instead, the first amendment to the Nuremberg Laws defined anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents as a Jew, regardless of whether that individual recognized himself or herself as a Jew or belonged to the Jewish religious community. Many Germans who had not practiced Judaism (the Jewish religion) or who had not done so for years found themselves caught in the grip of Nazi terror. Even people with Jewish grandparents who had converted to Christianity could be defined as Jews.
The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 was the start of a new wave of anti-Semitic laws that brought about immediate segregation: Jewish patients were no longer admitted to municipal hospitals in Dusseldorf, German court judges could not refer to legal commentaries or opinions written by Jewish authors, Jewish officers were expelled from the army, and Jewish university students were not allowed to sit for doctoral exams.
Other regulations reinforced the message that Jews were outsiders in Germany; for example, in December 1935, the Reich Propaganda Ministry issued a decree forbidding Jewish soldiers to be named among the dead in World War I memorials.
Adapted from http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005681
Provide two examples of ways in which the Nuremberg laws affected the rights of German Jews.
The German Jews from Reich citizenship are prohibited to marry and have a sexual relations with person of “German or German related-blood”
There are also some laws that deprived them of the most political rights.
What other actions were taken that discriminated against Jews s in Germany? (Remembering)
Jews were not allowed to vote and could not hold public office.
Jewish students were not allowed to sit for any doctoral exam in their school.
People with Jewish grandparents that are converted to Christianity are still identified as Jewish.
Why do you think that the Nazis passed these laws? (Understanding)
In my opinion, Nazis created these laws and rules to separate the Jewish people to Christian people. These laws make them think that they are different from one another and give them a lot of rules that are different from other people. Also, Hitler ‘s group is the one who made these laws. We know that Hitler hates Jewish people and that can be the main reason why the Nazis passed these laws.
If a New Zealand government passed a law that provided for different treatment of a named racial group in New Zealand, what do you think the reaction of most New Zealand people would be? Why do you think this might be the case? (Applying)
If the New Zealand government passed this kind of laws, there would be a lot of confusion an happen in NZ. There are a lot of different racial groups in New Zealand so it would have a big impact for New Zealander and other racial groups. This can cause a lot of problem and can be unfair for other race. All of this can happen because not all of the people in New Zealand are originally born in NZ.
Do you think these Nuremberg laws were racist? Explain your point of view. (Evaluating)
In my point of view, I think these laws are racist. One of my reasons is the rights that they gave to Jewish people and to Christian people. There is a big difference in the laws they need to follow. I think these laws are not fair because even if they all have limits it is still not right to make these types of laws just because Hitler hates Jews. They also take the rights from Jewish people to live a good life and freedom.
In social studies we have been learning about Hitler and why he hates Jewish people. There are two quotes that are made by Hitler. This quotes is showing Hitler's point of view to Jewish people. After reading this quotes, we need to choose some phrases and explain why do we think this shows Hitler's anti-semitism to Jewish people.
Hitler's Quotes
"The Jews were responsible for bringing Negroes into the Rhineland with the ultimate idea of bastardizing (lowering the quality of) the white race which they hate and thus lowering its cultural and political level so that the Jew might dominate.”
“The Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end...spying on the unsuspicious German girl he plans to seduce.....he wants to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own people. The Jew hates the white race and wants to lower its cultural level so that the Jews might dominate.”
Explain how these statements represents anti-semitism?
“The Jew hates the white race and wants to lower its cultural level so that the Jews might dominate.” - This statement represents anti-semitism because the two different race are trying to fight to dominate the one another. However, these statements are only Hitler’s words. He’s reason is not acceptable and not enough for him to hate the Jewish people.
“Lowering it’s cultural and political level so that the Jew might dominate” - This part of the statement shows Hitler’s anti-semitism by having a negative opinion on the Jewish people. He always thought that Jewish people want to dominate others and could be the reason why he hates them.
