HI315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw Uprising, Protectorate Of Bohemia And Moravia
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Most of the jewish population is based in eastern europe. Post- war history reflects the change the holocaust has on europe, drastically altering the amount of jews that once lived in europe. Hitler(cid:859)s (cid:449)ar ai(cid:373): the (cid:449)ar is a(cid:271)out la(cid:374)d a(cid:374)d resour(cid:272)es. He (cid:374)eeds to destro(cid:455) the so(cid:448)iet union and take it to establish the third reich: lebensraum: attacked the soviet union on june 22nd 1941. Nazi racial antisemitism: based on a conception as jews as a separate race and irredeemable (more than a religion or culture), judeo-communism: to him jews are communist, communists are jews. 5. 7 million total: 3 million polish jews, +1 million soviet jews. The ti(cid:373)i(cid:374)g of the de(cid:272)isio(cid:374) for a (cid:862)fi(cid:374)al olutio(cid:374)(cid:863) With the outbreak of war hitler gains poland, he acquires a large jewish population. He vastly multiplies the number of jews under the third reich. Jews in eastern europe are not assimilated like german jews. Many speak yiddish, and live in small communities.
