JS-3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gestapo

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Jewish Studies
• Course: JS-3100
• Professor: Smith Helmut

Document Summary

Historians emphasize "twisted road" bc there is no documented legal notes or even private notes that indicate the goal/creation of auschwitz i. There were only notes saying that jews were to blame and needed to be gotten rid of. Prior to laws, boycott of jewish stores wasn"t very successful. Decide to make it more clear that jews are not part of our society with big laws (instead of just boycotts, etc) Response to low-level nazi frustration in towns b. Defines who are jewish and then they lose citizenship. Have lived in germany for generations and fought in wwi. Religion had not been a basis of citizenship in germany ii. iii. Took a population that was immensely integrated in germany and were classic middle-class citizens. Response: association of german citizens of the jewish faith. We are a group of patriots that are jewish c. d. Make it illegal to enter into relations with german jews (men and women) i. ii.