Why Did The Status And Position Of The Jews In Occupied Europe Worsen In The Years 1939-1945?

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History Coursework Why Did The Status And Position Of The Jews In Occupied Europe Worsen In The Years 1939-1945? From when Hitler took over Germany in 1933, Anti-Semitism in Germany grew. Hitler created new laws (such as Jews were banned from civil services), and also organised boycotts on Jewish shops, and also Kristallnacht. In 1935, the Nuremburg Laws came into force. The Jews were made social outcasts. The underlying cause for all of this was the Nazi Racial theory, with Germans at the top and Jews at the bottom.From 1933 to 1939, there were a lot of pogroms on the Jews, one of the most famous being Kristallnacht.  This was on the 9th and 10th on November in 1938, and during this period 8,000 Jewish shops were ransacked along with 1,700 synagogues, 270 of which were set on fire. The motives were set by Hitler and other Nazis, who were following the Nazi Racial Theory. The consequences of the attacks and boycotts meant that the Jews suffered economically, as well as mentally (via the attacks in newspapers, speeches etc.). First, Hitler just wanted for all the Jews to leave Germany and migrate to another country. However,
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they refused – German was their homeland, and had been for their ancestors. So, in 1942, Nazi officials met at a conference and decided on a solution of how to finally get rid of the Jews – extermination camps. Before they came up with the idea, Hitler had started trying to take over Europe – invading Poland in 1939, and invading Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium in 1940. These attacks consequently made the status and position of Jews in Occupied Europe worsen a lot as the Jews were rounded up to be taken to the camps. However, some countries tried ...

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