Cause: Nazi racial ideology. Effect: Stripped Jews of rights, leading to further persecution.

Cause: Nazi propaganda and anti-Semitism. Effect: Escalation of violence against Jews and the beginning of the Holocaust.

Cause: Scapegoating for national humiliation. Effect: Increased anti-Semitism and support for Nazi ideology.

Cause: Desire for homogenous national identities. Effect: Exclusion and persecution of minority groups, including Jews.

Cause: Religious prejudice and economic resentment. Effect: Social exclusion, discrimination, and violence against Jews, culminating in the Holocaust.

Cause: Belief in Aryan supremacy. Effect: Systematic extermination of Jews and other groups deemed 'unworthy of life'.

Cause: Nazi desire to control public opinion. Effect: Demonization of Jews and justification for their persecution.

Cause: Post-WWI economic depression. Effect: Scapegoating of Jews and increased support for extremist ideologies.

Cause: Nazi desire to identify and isolate Jews. Effect: Increased discrimination and persecution, regardless of religious practice.

Cause: Nationalist desire for homogenous national identities. Effect: Jews were seen as 'outsiders' and targeted for discrimination.

Laws enacted in 1935 that stripped Jews of their German citizenship and prohibited marriage/relations between Jews and Germans.

A coordinated attack on Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues in Germany and Austria on Nov 9-10, 1938.

1935

November 9-10, 1938

They formalized the discrimination against Jews and laid the groundwork for further persecution.

It marked a turning point in the persecution of Jews and signaled the beginning of the Holocaust.

Jews were falsely blamed for Germany's defeat, fueling anti-Semitic sentiments.

Propaganda was used to demonize Jews and justify their persecution.

Exclusion, torture, and exile of Jews

Intensified anti-Semitism as European countries sought to create homogenous national identities, excluding those who didn't fit.

Hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

Belief in racial hierarchy, Aryan supremacy, and the need to eliminate 'inferior' races.

A concept in Nazi ideology that promoted the idea of a superior race of Germanic people.

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Blaming an individual or group for problems they did not cause.

The systematic extermination of Jews and other groups deemed 'unworthy of life' by the Nazis.

Nazi Germany's plan to establish a hierarchy of races, with Aryans at the top.

A Nazi term used to describe groups of people they deemed inferior and targeted for extermination.

Identification with and devotion to the interests of one's nation, often to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

The idea that a nation should be composed of people who share a common ethnicity, culture, language, and history.