JS-3100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Christianity And Antisemitism, Mein Kampf, Blitzkrieg

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

Document Summary

Bergen terms, war and genocide: anti-semitism--the definition is straightforward: it means hatred of jews. At first martin luther hoped that the break with the catholic church would inspire mass conversions of jews to. Christianity, but when this did not occur, luther turned against the jews, calling them stubborn. 1904 and a smaller group, the nama joined in. It took approximately 14k germans 3 years to crush the uprisings, and by 1907, around 1. 5k had died; however, the herero and nama suffered far worse losses, as the germans slaughtered more than 50k herero and 10k. Nama: shooting some, and driving many into the desert where they died or starvation and thirst (39) "asocials"--nazi officials created a category called "asocials" into which they put all kinds of people they considered problematic: roma, the homeless, criminals deemed incurable, people with certain mental disorders, or those accused of sexual perversions.