RS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Blood Libel, Social Darwinism, Deindividuation
2 Nov 2017
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The final solution: how jews died: spontaneous or planned violence (e. g pogroms, ghettoization, einsatzgruppen (death squads, camps: Dehumanization of the jews: from citizens (us) to other (them: 1933 hitler appointed chancellor of germany (january 30). Some 300 laws are regulations hem in jewish life. Pushing jewish people out of the circle: 1938 anchluss (march 12) annexation of austria. Preceded by three plebiscites all pass with over 90% approval: licenses of jewish doctors and lawyers revoked. Jewish males added israel" to their thanks and women sarah" to theirs. Monday, september 18, 2017: kristallnacht (november 8-9) anti jews riots after herschl grynszpan assassinates. German official in paris: 1939 germany invades czechoslovakia (march 14-16); poland (september 1); britain and france declare war against germany (september 3). Soviets sign non-aggression pact with germany: euthanasia programme begins. Mentally ill people, physically challenged, ill, work-shy, etc: 1940 germany invades denmark and norway (april 9); holland, belgium,
