Nazi policy towards the Jews

Nazi policy towards the Jews

1. In hard times Jews were often blames (defeat in the WWI;Communist uprisings and for being selfish capitalists.)

2. Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's problems and introduced measures which persecuted the Jew's

3. 1925

   • Mein Kampf was a racist text (Aryans superior&Jews were subhuman and unworthy of life)
     • Hitlers book was very popular and influenced many Germans to become anti-semetic

4. Early 1930's

   • When Nazi's came to power they introduced Boycott of Jewish shops/businesses and banned Jew's from the army and inheriting land.
     • Jews began to slide into poverty as a result of less oppurtunities.

5. 1935

   • Jews banned from army&resturants/ Nuremburg laws passed; forbid German citizenship&passport, couldn't vote or marry German citizens.
     • Made their lives very difficult for them.

6. 1938

   • Jewish doctors, dentists&lawyers forbidden to work with white Aryans, Jewish identity cards (large J), Jews had to register all possesions making it easier for the government to take them.
     • Growing violence towards Jews, 1st government pogrom (organised violence) and this was a signal to jews of what's to come.
   • Kristallnacht - a storm of attacks on Jews. SA burnt, destroyed and vandalised synagogues, jewish homes&businesses. Estimated 100 Jews died.
   • 20,000 jews had been sent to concentration camps

7. 1939

   • Jews blamed for Kristillnacht, fined 1 billion marks for damage, banned from running businesses and from German schools/unis, forced immigration and ghettos established.
     • Became even clearer that Jews had no place in Germany by 1939