JWST 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: The Younger Generation, Left School, Nazi Salute
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Reading: the daily lives of jewish children and youth the third reich. In 1933, approximately 117,000 jewish children between the ages of 6 and 25 lived in germany. The younger generation faced a more drastic deterioration in the conditions of public schools and among non-jewish friends, often finding their safe haven in jewish school. Parents and jewish organizations held different expectations for girls and boys. Nazi legislation of april 1933, called the law against. Overcrowding of german schools established a quota of 1. 5% total enrollment for jews, where jews made up more than 5% of the population, schools could allow up to 5% of their students to be jewish. Exemptions included jewish pupils whose father had served during wwi, children of mixed marriages (with no more than 2. Jewish grandparents) and jewish children with foreign citizenship. Before jewish children were expelled from german public schools, the majority lost the rights of non-jews.
