Source B is most probably unreliable because it was a secret report which got found out, so I think this was a piece of propaganda which was written to make the German public think that the attack on the Jews was spontaneous and not planned by the Germans.
I think that source A is more reliable because it isn’t a piece of propaganda and source B was trying to trick the German people.
But I think that a historian would find source B more reliable because it shows that the Nazis tried to cover up Kristallnacht.
What impression of Kristallnacht does source c give?
(b)Source c gives the impression that Kristallnacht was planned by the Nazis but was
Actually taken out by SS men and storm troopers.
“They had been provided with hammers, axes and fire bombs”
I think that this is one way that we can tell that the night of the broken glass was planned.
“No attempts were made to put out fires, the activity of the fire brigade being confined to spraying water on the adjoining buildings.”
I think that from this quote that you can tell that Kristallnacht was planned fire fighters would not normally do this. I think that some one high up such as the german chancellor would have ordered this.
“The most hideous part of the so called ‘spontaneous’ actions was the arrest and transportation of male Jews to the concentration camps”
this quote also suggests that the night was planned because you would have needed to plan that amount of transportation of male Jews to concentration camps. Also the writer David Buffman had put spontaneous in inverted commas he said it sarcastically. I think that this means that the people also thought that it was not spontaneous but he was American and could have been biased to the Nazis
Source c also suggests that Kristallnacht took place because of the murder of von Rath.
“The slightest sign of sympathy for the Jews from the public caused fury among the nazi’s”
I think that this means that the Nazis were behind this but the people did not like it. They thought that the people would like it.
(C) Source C says that Kristallnacht was planned and not a spontaneous attack. ‘No
Attempts were made to put out the fires.’ Writer David Buffman states. He backs this up by saying ‘violence was carried out by SS men and SA storm troopers, not in uniform. Buffman also suggests that it must have been planned because of the transport needed and the taking of Jews to concentration camps.
Source D never talks about Kristallnacht and never mentioned Kristallnacht but does mention the persecution of the Jews. The source contains examples of persecution of the Jews.
To Source e Kristallnacht was a planned and spontaneous event. Police provided the names of Jews and addresses of were they lived, so this must have been authorised by someone quiet high up. It talks about they supplying of weapons to the SA.
Source C and E both state that nazi men were supplied with weapon. All of the events think that the Nazis had something to do with Kristallnacht. Buffman thinks that Hitler was behind Kristallnacht and that it was not a spontaneous act. Source D may be biased because it was by a German Jew and may not of liked what was happening to the Jews.
Source E thinks that the Nazis planned Kristallnacht. It may have been biased as it was sent to a British consul. This may be a pack of lies as was signed by a civil servant and that this person was either lying or didn’t want to be found out. Sources D+E support Source C as they all think that the Nazis planned it.
(D) How similar are the messages of these two cartoons? Explain your answer with reference to the details of the cartoon.
Source f is a picture showing a nazi among dead bodies and rumble suggesting what happened at Kristallnacht. Also there is a man in the clouds who is dead! This man is the Tsar Nicholas 11 who encouraged attacks against the Jews in his reign. He was a fascist and he and his family were murdered by communists.
Source G is also about Kristallnacht and is implying that the Nazis were behind it as the man in uniform represents the Nazis and the dead body represents the Jews. The woman who is tied up represents the German public and is being censored because she is bound up.
There are similarities and differences between the two. They are both warnings to the Germans but source f is a warning to the Nazis and source g is a warning to the German people.
Source f is a warning to the Nazis because the Tsar is warning the nazis by saying that I persecuted the Jews and nothing came good of it to me so it think you shouldn’t do it.
Source g is a warning to the German people because the German people are being censored by the Nazis and are not allowed to do anything about Kristallnacht and the persecution of the Jews.
The messages of these two cartoons are similar because they are both warning to be aware of other people source f is a warning to the nazis about the communists and source g is a warning to the German people about the nazis.`
