Western Civilization II / Unit 17 WC2 1620 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Nuremberg Laws, Aryanization, and Kristallnacht
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The idea
The Nuremberg Laws of nineteen thirty-five defined "full" Jews and stripped citizenship. The aim to nineteen thirty-nine was forced emigration with wealth extracted: property registered and "Aryanized". Kristallnacht in November thirty-eight burned synagogues and jailed twenty thousand men, the first roundup for being Jewish.
In practice
A one-billion-mark fine on the victims.
Where people slip
The anchor's 177 synagogues; the witness has twelve hundred.
Your place on the trail
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