HIST 121 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Racial Hygiene, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Antisemitism
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1933 hitler was appointed chancellor (never elected) 1935 nuremberg laws striped jews of citizenship. 1938 kristalnacht pogrom mobviolence not government initiated jewish temples are burned jewish men are arrested. 1941 barbarossa germany invades soviet union, begins mass killing of jews men, women, and children. 1942 death camps (at the end of killing), most jews are already killed. Abraham all 3 religions (jewish, islam, christianity) all trace their stories around this character. Monotheism the belief of one supreme being. They don"t have a belief system different than anyone else, don"t believe in other gods/goddesses. Form judaism how you relate to each other, obligations to each other, the land, supreme being. Jews have a period of about 700 years where they rule themselves. Holocaust holocaust (greek word) special offering burned entirely until the only thing left is ash, dedicated to god, offered by the priest. Shoah hebrew word, makes connection with jews, means catastrophe.