Why did the Treatment of Jews Change from 1939-45

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Why did the Treatment of Jews Change from 1939-45

Persecution of Jews increased during the Second World War as the Nazis invaded more countries, because each of these countries contained thousands of Jews that became under Nazi rule. This increased their problem greatly. The ways in which the Nazis dealt with the Jews changed gradually in three main stages, the fist was exportation out of Europe to get rid of them by ships, but this changed as the British controlled the Mediterranean waters. They then turned to internal exclusion, where the Nazis put the Jews into ghettos and camps. When internal exclusion failed because there was too many Jews, the last think that the Nazis could do was exterminate them, this didn’t happen suddenly and happened for many reasons.

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Hitler was extremely powerful in Germany, so the public would do or believe anything he said. This was important and was what Hitler had been looking for all along, so now he was completely in control as long as the foreign powers didn't’ find out his real ambitions.

Hitler had no problem hiding his ideas, as the whole world was distracted by the war. The foreign powers were far more concerned with Hitler's foreign policy than his racial policy.

Behind the advancing German army were Nazis from the SS called the Einzatzgruppen. This squad executed anyone they thought that ...

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