LIFE FOR JEWISH PEOPLE LIVING IN GERMANY BEFORE 1933

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THIS IMAGE?

SUMMARY POINTS

• Before 1933, Jews had lived in Germany for about 1600 years.

• Over this time Jewish people living in German had assimilated into the wider German culture

• One way assimilation occurred was through intermarriage.• When the Nazis came to power in 1933 there were 500 000

Jews living in Germany.• A third of this group lived in Berlin, and another 40% in

other big cities. • 60% of this group engaged in trade and commerce, 25% in

industry and manual trades, 12% in the public service and other ‘white collar’ professions, especially law and medicine

ACTIVITIES

1. Add to your glossary the following key terms:Assimilation, diversity, white collar 2. What was life like for German Jews up to 1933? (write a sentence) 3. Choose one of the following optionsA. Pie Graph: Design a pie graph on your computer, or

some graph paper provided, showing the major occupations of German Jews before 1933

B. Fotor Collage: Design a fully labeled color using fotor.com of what life was like for a German Jewish family before 1933. Make sure you use a variety of historical images in your collage.