Explain the reason why the Jews were persecuted in Nazi Germany in the years 1933-1945?

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Explain the reason why the Jews were persecuted in Nazi Germany in the years 1933-1945?

Before the year 1933, Adolf Hitler had been jailed for his involvement in the Munich putsch. During his time in prison he wrote the book "Mein Kampf" meaning "My Struggle". In this book he expressed his beliefs and views on other religions and he explained how he wanted to "cleanse Germany of all non Aryan elements", mainly meaning the Jews. He was released from prison early and became involved in the government. After the failure of the Weimar republic the German people became more interested in extremist parties such as the communists and the Nazis. The Nazis were lead by Hitler and as the Weimar republic became more and more unpopular, they were becoming more and more popular.

The Nazis finally came into power in 1933 and Hitler became chancellor, it took the Nazis only three months to put their program of anti-Semitism into effect. This was where the status and position of Jews in Germany began to worsen. One of Hitler first actions was to boycott all shops and stores that were owned by Jewish people. The purpose of