In what ways did the Nazi's try to eliminate all Jews in Europe in the years from 1941 onwards?

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In what ways did the Nazi’s try to eliminate all Jews in Europe in the years from 1941 onwards?

Prior to 1941 treatment towards Jews was appalling they were banned from certain places, stopped from doing certain things and even stopped from going out at certain times. They were majorly discriminated against to extreme measurements, schools taught children to recognise Jews and to make fun at them. Treatment changed after 1939 but not for the better, the Jews were being attacked every day, they were being discriminated more and more and mainly more and mare were dieing. After all this Jews were still far from being old news, Ghettos were introduced along with special action squads and concentration camps.

1940 saw the first of the major changes to Jewish people. Ghettos were introduced, Ghettos were large areas of towns or cities walled off for Jews to live. This was so that Jews would be away from the Germans to keep them pure, also it was one of the methods they used to kill Jews as the conditions were so bad. Conditions were terrible, families were forced into one tiny little room. These rooms would have no windows or light, no fresh air, no washing facilities, lots of diseases and hardly any food. The most famous ghetto was in Warsaw, as it was the largest of all the Ghettos around German territory. Ghettos were found to have a few problems, they took too long to kill Jewish people and there were too many Jews to fit in all the Ghettos.

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Special action squads aka Einsatzgruppen or SS were introduced in 1941, their main purpose was to kill all Jews. The special action squads were ordered to beat or even kill any Jew that crossed their path, whether they were men or women and children. These SS men alone killed over 2 million Jews and later ran the concentration camps that killed more Jews for Hitler, these men also used to humiliate Jews publicly. However the SS had too many problems, they took too long to kill Jews, they wasted too much time and ammo, lost their spirit due to ...

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