History 2145A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Mischling, Miscegenation, Oct-4
6 May 2015
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Intentionalists: hitler"s speeches and writings are blueprint" for genocide, nazi policies are incremental step in master plan, problem: lack of evidence for premeditation of genocide. Functionalists: holocaust result of anti-semitic policies, nazi bureaucracy, and demand of war, cumulative progress. Modern functionalist: no master plans, initiatives from above and below, hitler at centre of decision making process. A lot of germans turned off by radical anti-semitism, hitler had to turn the discrimination down in speeches. People voted for nazis in spite of anti-semitism not because of it. Apr 7th 1933- civil service reconstruction law: jews banned from civil service job. Sept 29th 1933- reich chamber of culture: banned jews from artistic world. Oct 4th 1933- national press law: banned jews from press. July 14th 1934- law on the revocation of naturalization and annulment of german citizenship: any immigrant jews had citizen revoked.
