Background of anti-Semitism
Hitler expressed his ideas of needing an 'Aryan-race' that had not been 'polluted by Untermenschen' in Mein Kampf. Persecution of Jews has existed since the middle ages. Hitler used Jews as scapegoats:
- Defeat in WW1 & 'November Criminals,
- 1923 Hyperinflation,
- 1929 depression.
Persecution of Jews
- 1933 - Boycott of Jewish shops, Jews banned from holding certain positions (e.g Civil service)
- 1935 September - Nuremberg Laws: Took away right of citizenship and made it illegal for them to be in a relationship with Aryans (e.g)
- 1938 November - Kristallnacht: Attacks on Jews, Synagogues and Jewish shops organised by Goebbels. 100 Jews killed 30 000 arrested to Conc. camps.
- 1939 April - Jews evicted and forced into Ghettos. Over 1/2 of Jews had emigrated by now.
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