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The Nazis had concentrated on silencing their political opponents-- communists, socialists, liberals, and anyone else who spoke out against the government.
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After Hitler took power in Germany, he ordered all "non-Aryans" to be removed from government jobs.
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Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property.
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Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass." Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany and Austria.
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Only about a quarter millions Jews remained in Germany.
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A policy of genocide the deliberate and systematic murder of an entire population. Rested on the belief that Aryans were a superior people and that the strength and purity of this "Master Race" must be preserved. Other groups then Jews included Gypsies, Freemasons, and Jehovah's Witnesses.
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The first was Chelmno that began operating in 1941. Auschwitz was the largest of all the death camps.
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Overwork, starvation, beatings, and bullets did not kill fast enough to satisfy the Nazis. They added murder by poison gas.
