Nazis tried to organise boycotts of Jewish shops - little support for it among ordinary Germans.
Jews banned from government jobs.
Jews banned from owning land.
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Stage Two: 1935-39
Nuremburg Laws - Jews denied German citenzenship and not allowed to marry Aryans.
1935 - Jews banned from joining the army.
Jewish persecution ceased during 1936 Berlin Olympics.
1937 - Jews banned from certain professions e.g. teaching.
1938 - Jews made to carry identity cards and have passports stamped with a 'J'.
1938 - Jews forced to take new names. Israel for men and Sarah for women.
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Stage Three: 1938
November 1938 - Night of the Broken Glass (Kristallnacht). The murder of a German diplomat by a Jew sparked an outbreak of Jewish violence. More than 400 synagogues and 7500 shops were destroyed. Nearly 100 Jews were killed and many more sent to concentration camps.
Jewish businesses were shut down.
Jewish children could no longer attend German schools.
Jews were encouraged to leave Germany, but most could not due to quotas on immigration.
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