1. National 5 History: Hitler & Nazi
Germany
Treatment of other minorities in Nazi
Germany
2. Today’s lesson – Treatment of LGBT+ Individuals in
Nazi Germany
We are developing our knowledge and understanding of
other minority groups in Nazi Germany.
By the end of today’s lesson I should be able to:
1) Explain why the Nazis disliked certain groups.
2) Describe the negative ways these groups were treated.
Today’s lesson involves:
Note taking
National 5 question
3. Nazi Treatment of minorities
Hitler believed that Germans were part
of a ‘pure’ master race – meaning that
the Nazis wanted to remove from
Germany anyone they deemed impure.
Many of these people were targeted
because the Nazis claimed they infected
German society.
The Nazis wanted to stop this ‘infection’.
4. Mind-Map Task
Take a new double page in your jotter with the following mind-map in
the middle of the page:
Treatment of
minorities in Nazi
Germany
5. Disabled people
The Nazis also had a hatred of people who had physical or
mental disabilities.
They believed that these people hurt the idea that Germans
were the master race.
In July 1933, the Nazis introduced the Law for the prevention
of hereditarily diseased offspring. This forced sterilization for
people suffering from problems such as epilepsy, depression
and alcoholism. 350,000 people were sterilized.
The Nazis then started enthuanasia. From 1939, doctors and
nurses had to report children with disabilities. These children
were then killed under the Aktion T4 Program.
6.
7. Roma and Sinti people (Gypsies)
The Roma and Sinti faced prejudice in Germany but
at first they were not a major target for the Nazis.
During the 1936 Olympics, the Nazis forced them to
leave their camps and live in certain areas. They
were also forced to work in armaments camps.
Other members of the Roma and Sinti were
sterilized and had their German citizenship
removed.
By 1939 both groups started to be sent to prison
camps, where large numbers were eventually
gassed to death. Around 500,000 died under Nazi
rule.
8. Asocials
Asocials were people that were seen as being not
‘normal’. This included people who refused to work
or prostitutes or beggars.
The police often had days where they carried out
arrests of large number of homeless people.
They were sent to labour camps and forced to wear
a Black Triangle on their uniform.
Many asocials were sterilized when they were
under arrest, and others were killed, especially as
part of the holocaust.
9. National 5 Question
1) To what extent were LGBT+ Individuals the group
impacted most by Nazi Policies? – 9 Marks.
