How and why did the holocaust happen?

In 1934, Jews were dismissed from the army. They were excluded from the stock exchange, law, medicine, and business. But it was the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 that took away the citizenship of Jews born in Germany and labeled them subhuman. With Hitlers power to create these laws he officially made anti-Semitism a part of Germany's legal system. Under these laws, marriage between Jews and Hitlers perfect race was forbidden. Jews were not to display the German flag and could not employ German servants under 45 years of age. These laws created a climate in which the Jews were viewed as inferior people. The systematic removal of Jews from contact with other Germans made it easier for Germans to think of Jews as less human or different.

Despite Hitlers obvious Racism to Jews no physical attacks were carried out untill November 1938, the famous Kristallnacht occured. This incident was the start of the violent turn of events leading to the death of 6million Jews in camps such as Auschwitz. During kristallnacht, 7500 Jewish shops were destroyed, 400 synagogues were burnt, 91 Jews killed and 20,000 sent to concentration camps.

Because after Kristallnicht Hitler could see that no one was opposing him or criticising him, so he felt strong enough to go thurther. He continued with the creation of Ghettos, the labour camps and the ‘final solution to the Jewish problem’.