History 2301E Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Immigration Act Of 1924, The Dearborn Independent, American Jews
2 May 2018
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- Racism central to Nazi ideology
- “Aryan” Germans superior
- justified their conquest, expropriation of other’s property and their death
o Lebensraum, “living space”
- Hitler’s foal to isolate, expropriate and force out the Jews in Germany
o Nuremburg facial laws
o Also, undesirables – homosexuals and gypsies
- U.S. gov’t did little to help Jewish refugees or the systematic murder during the war years
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke out on numerous occasions against Nazi actions
o But did little to change the number of immigrants allowed in the country
o Congress and the American public were also unwilling to modify those laws
- Also made no effort to bomb the extermination camps or any other methods to stop the extermination
process
o Many gov’t officials sought to suppress information about the holocaust
DOCUMENT 1: National Origins Act of 1924
- the U.S.’s immigration policy before and during WWII
o limited immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe
- Shows the prevalence of anti-Semitism in America
- Fixed number of any nationality is 2 per hundred for foreign-born individuals
o Minimum number of any nationalist shall be 100
- Number for any nationality will be the same ratio to 150,000 as the number of inhabitants in the U.S. in
1920 having that national origin
DOCUMENT 2: Henry Ford’s Dearborn Independent, 1921-1922
- The famous American automaker who was anti-Semitic
- Two classes of Jewish people who are responsible for global problems
o Immigration (loyal citizenship),
o money
▪ (idea of Jews as conmen, not helping general business),
▪ get money, not make money
• treasonable philosophy
• compares to Russia
o world politics
▪ (anti-national internationalism is not good, in order to be a good citizen needs to be a
Mosaic Jew
▪ internationalism focused on racial nationalism, creates an idea of inferiority
o terms of the Peace Treaty,
o diplomacy,
o moral questions in pop culture,
o selling alcohol (during prohibition)
- the Anglo-Saxon Celtic race
DOCUMENT 3: Public Opinion Polls, 1938-1945
- About Jews, refugees, and immigration before and during the war
- 67% support keeping out German, Austrian and other political refugees (1938)
- 77% opposed to allowing a large number of Jewish exiles from Germany residency (1938)
- 50% of the population thinks there is little hostility toward Jewish people, 30% think it’s growing (1938)
- 35% (reasons favorable) of Jewish people feel that people are jealous or envious of their accomplishments
or are mean, narrow-minded, ignorant and crazy (1939)
- 13% (national total) feel that they gave too much control and power
- no significant numbers in terms of external and neutral reasons (1939)
- by July 1942 44% believe that Jews have too much power and influence (41% think they don’t)
- between Jan 43- Nov. 45 see an increase of people who believe Jewish people in the U.S. have too much
influence in the business world
o goes from 49.7% to 57% and 58%
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Document Summary
Aryan germans superior justified their conquest, expropriation of other"s property and their death: lebensraum, living space . Hitler"s foal to isolate, expropriate and force out the jews in germany: nuremburg facial laws, also, undesirables homosexuals and gypsies. U. s. gov"t did little to help jewish refugees or the systematic murder during the war years. President franklin d. roosevelt spoke out on numerous occasions against nazi actions: but did little to change the number of immigrants allowed in the country, congress and the american public were also unwilling to modify those laws. Also made no effort to bomb the extermination camps or any other methods to stop the extermination process: many gov"t officials sought to suppress information about the holocaust. Document 1: national origins act of 1924 the u. s. "s immigration policy before and during wwii limited immigrants from eastern and southern europe. Fixed number of any nationality is 2 per hundred for foreign-born individuals: minimum number of any nationalist shall be 100.
