HST 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Madagascar Plan, Gas Van, Heinrich Himmler
8 Mar 2016
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The holocaust part 1: the path to genocide. German jews and the nazi rise to power. Religious intolerance and scapegoating throughout history jews are blamed for unexplained phenomenon (kidnappings-jews needed. Martin luther"s antiemetic writings criticized for amount of jews in law and banks- but due to fact that they were some of the only jobs available to jews, many other professions under control of guilds. At dawn of 20th century jews were doing very well in germany, france had more anti-semitic violent outbursts. Early anti-semitic policies were very unclear, being repealed etc. ; but mainly are concerned with the exclusion of jews from germanic community (german jews only about 3/4 of 1% of the. Nazis still very aware of and concerned with public opinion; would actually account for opinion. Sa men on the march: would terrorize jews on streets and adjust laws. Law for the protection of german blood and honour.
