Nazi policy towards the
Jews
Nazi policy towards the Jews
1933
1935
1933- Business Boycott
(One day official boycott of Jewish shops, lawyers and doctors all over
Germany)
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Within days of taking power, the Nazis called for Germany to
boycott all Jewish businesses. This surprised many people
as they had not expected the Nazis to act of their antiJewish ideas. This was the start of years of anti-Jewish
propaganda.
Nazi policy towards the Jews
1933
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1935- Nuremburg Laws
(Laws for the “protection” of German blood and honour)
Banned marriages between Jews and Aryans (pure
Germans), and the Jews were no longer considered citizens.
This means that they lost certain rights and were considered
“subjects” rather than people.
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Nazi policy towards the Jews
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1938- April to October(A series of events making it more difficult for Jews to live their daily lives)
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April: Jews registered their property, making it easier to
confiscate.
June- July: Jewish doctors, lawyers and dentists were not
allowed to treat Aryans.
October: Jews had the letter “J” stamped on their passports.
Nazi policy towards the Jews
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1938- Kristallnacht
(Nazis destroyed Jewish buildings)
Known as the “night of broken glass”, the Kristallnacht was
a night when Nazis destroyed synagogues, Jewish homes
and shops. Many Jewish people were attacked, and it
marked an increase in the Nazi persecution of the Jews.
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Nazi policy towards the Jews
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1939- Ghettos
(Small towns where Jews were herded)
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When Germany took over Poland in 1939, three million Jews
came under their control. This meant that it was no longer
practical for them to emigrate- so they were herded in to
towns in eastern Poland, and walls were built to keep them
in. They were given only small rations of food, which resulted
in starvation- and the poor hygiene conditions, resulted in
illness.
Nazi policy towards the Jews
1933
1935
1942- The final solution
(The mass killing of Jews)
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1938
Groups of SS soldiers began shooting and killing as many
Jews as possible. This was the first mass execution of the
war.
The leading Nazis met in Wannsee in Berlin, to discuss how
to “exterminate” the Jews. Death camps were built in Poland,
where Jews would be worked to death or gassed. Work on
building gas chambers and crematoria was sped up.
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Nazi policy towards the Jews
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1935
1942- death camps
(Camps built to “exterminate” the Jews)
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Death camps were built as part of the “final solution”. They
were built as far away from Germany as possible, so that
there would be less evidence. The most famous of these
camps is Auschwitz. Jewish people were sent there on
trains, and many would never return. People were generally
either killed in the gas chambers- or worked to death.