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Enabling Act
Since the Nazi party got enough votes the government had to offer them official power. They thought the Nazi party could be controlled so Hitler was made the chancellor of Germany. But the government was wrong and Hitler took the power all for himself. That’s when he wanted to exterminate all Jews even thought it could not be done. -
Jewish Boycott
Hitler called for a boycott of all Jewish businesses in Germany, he told them it was necessary to control and give an outlet to the acts of anti-Semitism occurring. The Nazis thought the worldwide outrage at events in Germany was made by the Jews in the first place. There was propaganda all over Germany to make people think all Jews are horrible and bad people. Posters all over saying Germans! Defend Yourselves! Or do not buy from the Jews so that they would have no money and go out of business -
Berlin Book Burning
At Berlin University students decided “against the un-German spirit” they collected books and threw them on a huge bonfire, they burned 70,000 tons of books. One- third of all the library books in Germany were destroyed. -
Aryan Law
The first anti-Jewish law was passed; it was called the “law for the restoration of the civil service”, Also known as the Aryan law. A non-Aryan also known as a Jew was defined in theis first law as anyone who had Jewish parents or two or more Jewish grandparents. Jews were kept out of work in the theater in the movies and the arts and literature. Everything and everywhere. -
Nuremberg Laws
Hitler killed anyone who challenged him in any way. Vandalism against the Jews went on. Any hope that the worst was past vanished forever, the Nuremberg Laws were passed, in two parts one was “the Law for the protection of German blood and German honor” the other one was “the Reich citizenship law”. Marriages between Jews and citizens of the German or related blood are forbidden. Jews may not employ in their household female citizen of German or related blood under 45. Jews are not permitted to -
Law #174- Jewish name change
If the Jew did not have a clearly Jewish name they had to change their name, the women had to add Sarah and the men had to add Israel as middle names. The government listed recognizable Jewish names. -
Jewish Star Requirement
All the Jews needed a little star and a patch that is yellow and it said judge or Jew on it. it was also a little jude star inside the star. the Nazis forced all Jews to be this. So that everyone knew that they were a Jew and that there bad and to stay away from all Jews. -
Jews Expelled
A group of 7,000 Jews were expelled from Germany by the Nazis, more than a thousand are staying in a stable and others are in huts provided by the authorities. The German action is in response to the Polish government’s removal of the Polish citizenship of Jews living outside of the country. A total of 17,000 Jews were expelled from Germany over this issue. -
Night of Broken Glass
Jewish storefronts were smashed all over Germany the stores were looted and destroyed. They also smashed into the Jewish homes that littered the streets of Germany. All the jewfish synagogues within the Fiftieth Brigade are to be blown up or set on fire immediately. One thousand Jews were killed many male Jews sent to concentration camps many houses stores synagogues and more burned.
