After this Jewish life became even worse. On the 4th April 1933 the civil service law barred Jewish people from administrative post, areas of public service and all posts in court. There was a public banning of all Jewish books and some were burnt. Hitler had managed to re-introduce the pseudo- scientific ideas from decade’s back that German people were Aryans and the “master race” and other religions like the Jews were “inferior”. More anti-Semitic laws were passed and the rights of Jewish people were lessening. From a nazi point of view however, this was another way to persecute the Jews and separate them from German civilians.
By 1935 people were banning Jews from public parks and anti-Semitic signs were put up such as “Bathing prohibited to dogs and Jews” in swimming pools. By doing this, Hitler wanted to alienate the Jewish people and get them out of Germany by making them social outcasts.
Hitler rigged the educational system and Jew Hatred was taught in schools. Jewish children were picked on embarrassed in class. By doing this, Hitler wanted to indoctrinate the children. He did this by convincing them to be anti-Semitic when they were young and vulnerable before they were mature enough to develop their own ideas. This was another way to rid Germany of Jewish people and convince German civilians they were the “master race” and above Jewish people.
The Nazis tried to keep their anti-Semitic campaign reasonable so they wouldn’t be accused of being brutal. They did this by using propaganda to support their claims. Goebbels did everything he could to spread Jew hatred. He used posters, cartoons, and film clips, radio programs, placards and “Der Strummer” to spread anti-Semitism in Germany. This was done to make the everyday man think that it was natural to hate Jewish people.
The propaganda continued ant the pictures printed of Jewish people were of orthodox Jews that were more recognisable. By 1935, life was intolerable for German Jews and they were under constant threat of abuse, terror and isolation. In September 1935 the status and position of Jews in Germany took a drastic turn for the worst. This is because the Nuremburg laws were passed. This stripped Jewish people of all their rights as German citizens. The Nuremburg laws also forced Jewish men to add “Israel” to their first names and forced women to add “ Sara” to their first names. This was done to make the Jewish people seem different and put them apart from the rest. Another of the Nuremburg laws was that if a Jewish woman had sex with a German man, she would be sent to a concentration camp. By doing this, the Nazis were treating Jews as animals, and this made it easier for the Nazis to persecute them.
By 1938, roughly half the Jewish people had left Germany because of their ill treatment. There were still 350,000 Jews in Germany. Hitler had partly achieved their aim of “Getting rid of the Jew from German life”. Hitler's campaign had two sections, the persecution and extermination of the Jews. For the Jewish people that didn’t leave Germany life was unbearable and any Jewish person leaving Germany had to leave as a pauper
In April 1938 the Nazis took away all of Jewish wealth completely, and Jewish people leaving the country were not allowed to take any money or possessions with them. In November 1938 a Jewish youngster shot a German embassy official which caused chaos. Jewish people were beaten and 30,000 were arrested. After this attack the Nazis forced the Jewish community to pay them one billion marks.
After this the Kristallnacht attack happened, it was the most brutal of the Nazi attacks before the war. The Nazis claimed the attack was spontaneous but many say it was planned. Hitler had managed to make the Jews social outcasts and Hitler had literally carried out everything he had said in his book “Mein Kampf”. His policy of Aryanisation had been accepted and the Jews had been forced out of Germany.
As the war came so did Hitler's second stage of attack, the holocaust. This was the brutal murder of all Jews in Europe in Nazi territory. The Nazis said it was the “final solution” and it was where all Jews in Europe would be wiped out. It was the worst time for Jews in Germany and it lead to millions of deaths.
The status and position of Jews in Germany worsened from 1933-1945 because of one evil man, Adolf Hitler. If he had not been released from prison and become chancellor, the status of Jewish people would have probably been the same. Hitler came to power because after world war one, Germany was in a crisis and the people started to look for alternatives. Hitler was a great public speaker and he told people what they wanted to hear. When he was running for chancellor his policies on Jewish people had already been brought up so the Germans knew what he would do if he came into power. They believed in Hitler and they thought he was right. He was so anti-Semitic, that he managed to turn a whole country and make them believe he was right. Hitler concentrated on making Jewish people seem inferior and used all types of propaganda to convince the people he was correct.
