Research Symposium

BIO

I am from Ocala, Florida. I am majoring in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences: Clinical Professions. After I get my Bachelor's I plan to go to Medical School.

How Did the Rosenstrasse Protest Affect the Families Involved?

Abstract

The Holocaust is an event most student learns about in grade school. What we don’t learn about is the bravery of the women who participated in the Rosenstrasse protest. When you think about the Holocaust, you do not think about the Rosenstrasse Protest. While under the Nazi regime Nuremberg Laws were put into place. These laws prohibited intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews to prevent mixed marriage. Under the laws Jewish Germans were not able to gain German citizenship. Despite these laws being put into place many non-Jewish spouses stuck by the side of their Jewish spouses. In the “final roundup” in Berlin around 2,000 Jews in mixed marriages were arrested and brought to Rosenstrasse, where they were supposed to be deported. Some of the Jews that were taken into custody were children at least 15 years old. Women filled the streets and protested to free their husbands. The protest was an act of defiance to the strong Nazi forces. These women bound together in order to save their husbands and their families. This was so impactful because not only was it unheard of, but these women liberated their families and many others. During my research I used online sites such as ancestry.com to investigate how the lives of the women who were apart of the Rosenstrasse Protest were impacted after the protest. I utilized the Rosenstrasse Foundation website to compile more information.

Keywords: The Rosenstrasse Protest