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Core Study: Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946
Quick questions on Nuremberg Laws and Nazi racial policy: HSC Modern History Core Study
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What is 1933?Show answer
Nazi racial policy began the day Hitler took office. The boycott of Jewish businesses (1 April 1933) was the first national antisemitic action, led by Julius Streicher's SA but officially "spontaneous." Within a week, the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service (7 April 1933) removed Jews from the civil service, the judiciary, and the universities. The Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities (April 1933) capped Jewish student enrolments at 1.5 per cent.
What is 1935?Show answer
Announced at the Nuremberg Rally on 15 September 1935.
What is 1936-1938?Show answer
The 1936 Berlin Olympics brought a brief, tactical lull. From 1937 the "Aryanisation" of Jewish businesses accelerated, often through forced sales below market value. The Decree on the Registration of Jewish Property (26 April 1938) required Jews to disclose all assets above 5,000 Reichsmarks, preparing the ground for systematic confiscation. By 1938, identification documents required the middle names "Israel" or "Sara" for Jews, and passports were stamped with a red "J."
What is november 1938?Show answer
On 7 November 1938 Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old Polish Jew, shot the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris in protest at the deportation of Polish-Jewish families. Vom Rath died on 9 November. That night, Goebbels coordinated a nationwide pogrom presented as "spontaneous." Between 9 and 10 November 1938, 91 Jews were killed (with hundreds more dying from suicide or injuries), 267 synagogues were burned, 7,500 Jewish businesses were vandalised, and around 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Dachau, Buchenwald, and Sachsenhausen.
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is the Reich Citizenship Law (15 September 1935), Article 2 defining a Reichsburger as a German of "German or kindred blood." Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain how Nazi racial policy was legally formalised in 1935. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which Nazi racial policy between 1933 and 1939 was the product of a coherent ideological plan. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Lucy Dawidowicz and Hans Mommsen on the origins of Nazi antisemitic policy. [10 marks]
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