“Anti Jewish Legislation In Prewar Germany” Commonlit
: What is the central idea of the article?
From the end of World War I until the 1936 Olympics, Germans desperately wanted to blame the Jews for their country’s problems.
Throughout the 1930s, Jews faced increasing persecution that paved the way for their
complete segregation and dehumanization.
Not enough German citizens resisted the Nazi government or protested their actions
to prevent the persecution of the Jews from occurring.
Germans slowly began to care less and less about Jews and how they lived their
everyday lives throughout the 1930s.
: Which phrase from the text provides the best answer to ?
“Nazi leaders stepped up ‘Aryanization’ efforts and enforced measures that
succeeded increasingly in physically isolating and segregating Jews from their fellow Germans.” (Paragraph 14)
“Instead, the first amendment to the Nuremberg Laws defined anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents as a Jew, regardless of whether that individual recognized himself or herself as a Jew or belonged to the Jewish religious community.” (Paragraph 8)
“In the weeks before and during the 1936 Winter and Summer Olympic Games held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berlin, respectively, the Nazi regime actually toned down much of its public anti-Jewish rhetoric and activities.” (Paragraph 12)
“The first wave of legislation, from 1933 to 1934, focused largely on limiting the
participation of Jews in German public life.” (Paragraph 3)