How Were the Jews Persecuted in Germany between 1933-1939?

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Holocaust 1- How Were the Jews Persecuted in Germany

Between 1933-39?

        Hitler and the Nazis were not the first to persecute Jews in 1993. It had started many centuries before dating back to the death of Jesus; Jews had been labelled ‘Christ Killers’ and were blamed and punished for many problems as people thought that God was punishing them for socialising with those who had killed his son. The Nazis did not persecute the Jews for religious reasons as many others had done before but they punished and humiliated them for racial reasons. Hitler saw the Jews as an inferior race that was trying to eliminate the true German race and also blamed them for Germany’s loss in World War One. The persecution of the Jews by the Nazis became progressively worse over the years between 1933-39.

        

Once Hitler came to power, he made it very clear about his thoughts on Jews. He believed they were lazy, had contributed little to world civilisation, that they wanted to take over Germany and destroy the true German race; Aryan, even though they only made up one percent of Germany’s population.

Hitler’s main aim was to remove all Jews from German society either by making life so unpleasant for them that they emigrated or by placing them in Concentration Camps

In April 1933, the Nazis arranged an official one-day boycott of Jewish shops, lawyers and doctors all over Germany. The SA stood outside all Jewish shops to intimidate anyone who would try to go in, they also picketed the shops to make sure the boycott was successful. This was to try to stop Jewish businesses and to prove that the Hitler was going to follow all of his plans.

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        In May 1934, an order was issued which prohibited Jewish people from having health insurance. This meant Jews could no longer receive free health care and would have to pay for any treatments that they needed. Some treatments could be expensive and often Jews could not pay, as their businesses had slumped and they had been dismissed from certain jobs, so they either had to suffer in Germany or leave so they could receive treatment.

Also in 1934, anti-Jewish propaganda increased. Hitler used the media for propaganda to change other people’s thoughts on Jews. The Nazis realised that ...

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