Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Studia nad Faszyzmem i Zbrodniami Hitlerowskimi
Angaben zur Quelle:
23 (2000) 199-230
Keywords:
Jews History 1933-1939
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews
Abstract:
Describes the development of anti-Jewish policies in Gdańsk (in German, Danzig) from 1933, when the Nazis came to power and Albert Forster became the head of the Nazi Party in the city. The power structures were gradually taken over by members of the NSDAP, including the presidency of the Senate, but they were still controlled by the League of Nations and Polish authorities; without their agreement, the constitution could not be changed. However, Forster gained control and called for boycotting the Jews, and separating the Germans from the Jews in education, culture, and other spheres of life. Jewish traders were denied permission to continue trading. The Nazi Party managed to gain control of the banks. The first pogrom took place in Gdansk in October 1937; Forster wanted to force the Jews to leave the city. The Nazis confiscated the goods of emigrating Jews and Aryanized Jewish properties. Discriminatory laws were passed by the Senate in 1938. At the beginning of 1939 most of the Jews decided to emigrate. There were 11,000 Jews in Gdańsk in 1933; in August 1939 only 1,600 remained.
Note:
With a German summary.
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