nazi dictatorship: persecution

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what were nazi racial beliefs?
believed that aryans (blonde hair, blue eyes) were the master race. eastern europeans (slavs), black people and gypsies were seen as sub-human. jews were seen as the lowest of this sub human race.
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what happened to groups seen as inferior/ undesirable by the nazis?
1935 Nuremburg law banned aryans from marrying Jews, gypsies or black people. from 1933 many gypsies and homosexuals were sent to concentration camps. people with mental disabilities were sterilised. babies with mental/ physical disabilities killed
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why were jews persecuted?
blamed for germany's defeat in ww1, scapegoats for germany's problems. people jealous of their success, many jews were professionals or owned own businesses.
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how did the nazis persecute the Jews 1933-34?
boycott jewish shops, doctors, businesses etc. sacked jews from jobs. marked jewish shops with star of david. german children taught jews were unclean and were to blame for defeat in ww1. had separate park benches, seats on transport, schools
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what happened to the jews in 1935?
nuremburg laws: marriage law banned jews from marrying (or having relations) with other germans. citizenship law - jews no longer citizens (not protected by law, couldnt vote). jews had to wear yellow star. these laws made it easier to persecute jews
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what was Kristallnach?
nov 1938: week of violence against jews. synagogues, shops, homes destroyed/ burnt. nearly 100 jews killed. thousands arrested. known as 'night of broken glass'. Goebbels blamed jews for starting the trouble on kristallnach & got fined 1 billion mark
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