Aryanization

Beschreibung
"Aryanization" - this was the term used by the National Socialists (Nazis) to describe the systematic cultural and economic repression and deprivation of that portion of the population labeled "Jews", who were persecuted under Nazi rule during the years from 1933 to 1945.

Schlagworte
Krakau 1933 1945 Jews Nazis 1935 Antisemitismus

Standort
Krakow

Texterkennung

Aryanization this was the term used by the National centration camps, was robbed by the German Reich and to be Jewish. Numerous Leipzig residents we gociaiisis Nazis to deecrihe the systematic cultural and by local authoritlcs of its last remainlng belongings. or inrllrectly involved whetheras bureau-crat fx,iTt economic repression and deprivatlon of that portion of the The pollcy promcted by the National Socialists for the executioners, beneficiaries or observers Bureaucratsisg- population labeled Jews who were persecuted under Aryanlzation of German society meant more than just sued the orders, former coileagues tookover the profes- Nazi rule during the years from 1933 to 1945. the destruction of segment of the population which, since sorshlps or firms of the dispossessed, neighbors watched ouse in zi of the German economy, began immediately following the implementation of this racist policy was characterized, organizations like libraries and mu 1mi,valohgnwhhcp ri- completely legalized rise to power of Hitler and his party. above all, by the vast transfer of Jewish companies and vate individuals, who purchased works of an or other in the early months of 1933, the National Socialists called institutions into Aryan hands committed by the Nazi household belongings which had been the property of for nationwide boycott Don buy from Jews. Shop at Regime, along with the change of ownership or Iiquida- Jews. ln so doing, they became parlicipants in these German stores tion of numerous medical practices, lawyers offices, an- infamnus events. This was the prelude to one of the most egregious plunders tique shops, art galleries, banks, department stores and In this exhibition, the topic ot Leipzig Aryanization is in modem history, one that would play out in Germany factories. ln the end, the methodical confiscation of pro- presented to the general public forthe first time. It should and, eventually, in all of Europe for the next twelve years. perty took everything of value or which could be assigned be regarded as mandate to preserve the memory of these ln 1933, even in Leipzig, which was well-known as Saxony value houses, land, even synagogues and Jewish ceme- occurrences and to make clear that democratic culture trade fair and publishing metropolis, the windows and fa- teries, along with books, stamp collections, iewellery and cannot be taken for granted, but, rather, always requires cades of Jewish shops, among them, the Joske Department art objects of every kind, down to the last silver spoon. individuals who will actively work to create and support Store on Karl-Heine Street, were smeared with anti-Semit- Everything was taken from the Jews and ended up in democratic and humane society. ic slogans. Storm troopers blocked the entrance to shops auction houses or in the Nazi coffers, which soon became and attempted to intimidate customers. merely war chest. Under the Aryan Clause of 1933 and the notorious Nu- Based on research focusing on specific aspects of Ary- remberg Race Laws of 1935, Jews were classified as anization in Leipzig,this exhibition shows how, from 1933 raclally inferlor and labelled the ruination of the German to 1945, Jews living in Leipzig were systematically driven population Excluding them from the general populace out of the cultural and economic life of the city and how was now openly declared to be the most important goal of they were deprived of their possessions and forced to the Nazi dlctatorship. ln the ensuing years, through the emigrate. Every Jew in Leipzig who was unable to flee the practice of banning them from certain professions, through country was even-tually murdered in Nazi concentration racially hiased taxation and economic policles, extortion camp and the confiscation of property, the Nazi regime system- This exhibition attempts to take close look at this disturbing atically destroyed the basic civil rights of Jews. This seg- piece of Lelpzig history. lt shows that this plunder took ment of the population, among whom some were driven place in full view of the public eye, with the full knowledge 4 to emigrate, some forced into Judenhäuser which were of the community. Anyone could have seen what was hap- used as forced collective acco-modation for those Jewish pening the customers of the Joske Department Store and citizens who were already deprived of their property and the Heine Cloth Factory, the employees of the music some of whom eventually ended up in ghettos and con- publisher G. Peters or anyone whose neighhors happened