Name______Period______Document #1 Kristallnacht Order

This is a memo from SS Field Marshall Heydrich to all State Police Officers.

From: SS-GrupenfŸhrer Heydrich

To: all State Police Main Offices and Field Offices, November 10 1938

Regards: Measures against Jews tonight. . . . a) Only such measures may be taken which do not jeopardize German life or property (for instance, burning of synagogues only if there is no danger of fires for the neighbourhoods). b) Business establishments and homes of Jews may be destroyed but not looted. The police have been instructed to supervise the execution of these directives and to arrest looters. c) In Business streets special care is to be taken that non-Jewish establishments will be safeguarded at all cost against damage. . . . As soon as the events of this night permit the use of the designated officers, as many Jews, particularly wealthy ones, as the local jails will hold, are to be arrested in all districts. Initially only healthy male Jews, not too old, are to be arrested. After the arrests have been carried out the appropriate concentration camp is to be contacted immediately with a view to a quick transfer of the Jews to the camps.... Name______Period_____

Primary Source Analysis – Document #1 Kristallnacht Order TYPE OF DOCUMENT (Check one): 1 . ___ Newspaper Article ___ Biography (secondary) ___ Advertisement ___ Letter ___ Telegram ___ Treaty ___ Book or section of a book ___ Press release ___ Census report ___ Memorandum ___ Speech ___ Other

2 PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE DOCUMENT (Check one or more): . ___ Interesting letterhead ___ Notations ___ Handwritten ___ Seals or Stamps ___ Typed ___ Other ___ Chart/Table

3 DATE(S) OF DOCUMENT: . ______4 AUTHOR/CREATOR/SOURCE OF THE DOCUMENT: . ______5 WHO WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN FOR? . ______6 DOCUMENT INFORMATION . A. What three orders did SS Field Marshall Heydrich order give to German police?

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______B. What did the Author want to happen after the orders were carried out. What will eventually happen to the Jews?

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______C. Describe what you think life was like for Jews living in Germany when this document was written. ______

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E. Based on what is written in the document and what you learned in class why do you think this order was given? ______

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