Jewish Immigrants II Terror Reborn 1915 stone mountain georgia the New Invisible Order of the Ku KLux Klan targeted African Americans jews and Catholics mid 1920 over 4 million members Germany between the World Wars 1920 s jews in Germany thought they were accepted culturally rich but economic depression Nazis blamed Jews for loss of WWI Jews emphasized patriotic service Nazi Anti Semitism jews 1933 Hitler came to power jews fired from gov t jobs and teaching jobs Anti miscegenation laws ID cards ghettoization spread anti semitism through schools 1936 Olympics in Berlin Pre War WWII immigration 1938 Germany took over Austria Roosevelt raised immigrant quotas to 26 000 jews had to prove financial secure had to prove affidavits of good character 1933 1938 150 000 jews left Germany Intellectuals Albert Einstein was visiting when Hitler came to power and decided to stay in the U S Many thought the persecution would end quickly Kristallnacht nov 9 10 1938 Kristallnacht trigger a jew assassinated a German ambassador night of broken glass Joseph Goebbels instigated SA storm troopers Nazi paramilitary smashed jewish shop windows destroyed synagogues and homes 20 000 men sent to concentration camps Aftermath of Kristallnacht jewish economy destroyed Nazis made jews pay for the damage 100 000 jews left Germany 60 000 left Austria Also fled to places such as Cuba and Shanghai The Holocaust organized Kristallnacht considered the first step violence increased and became more the jewish question what to do with the jews the final solution systematic genocide of jews Genocide over 6 million Jews murdered American Reaction July 1942 20 000 americans protested at Madison Square Garden Oct 1942 Orthodox rabbis marched on Washington Roosevelt rescue through victory Taking Action Henry Morgenthau Jr Secretary of treasury 1943 rescue plan for 70 000 Romanian Jews Breckenridge Long Secretary of State Anti Semite Prevented quotas from being filled Morganthau appealed directly to Roosevelt convinced Roosevelt to rescue jews because of stating by doing nothing you are approving of what the Nazis are doing Jan 1944 War Refugee Board Zionism recap the movement to form a Jewish State in Palestine Jewish diaspora creating a homeland for jews Louis Brandeis big supporter After WWI more Americans supported 1948 Israel became a nation conflict between Arabs and Jews some jews didn t want it because they were comfortably living in the United States but others such as refugees supported it greatly the pale leo max frank lynching rebirth of KKK nazis blamed jews for loss of WWI process of segregation jews and spreading anti Semitism Kristallnacht palestine
View Full Document
Unlocking...