Persecution of Jews

  • Law of Rectification of the Distress of Nation and Reich.

    Law of Rectification of the Distress of Nation and Reich.
    The law allowed Hitler to propose and sign legislation into law without consulting the parliament
    This would show persecution to Jewish people because they didn't have a say in the laws, and these laws affected them tremendously.
  • boycott of Jewish business

    boycott of Jewish business
    Less than 3 months after coming to power in Germany, the Nazi leadership stages an economic boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses and the offices of Jewish professionals. This shows persecution against the Jews as people no longer would shop at their stores and they were not able to make money.
  • Law for Restoration of the Professional Civil Service

    Law for Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
    The Law removed Jews and Political opponents of the Nazis from civil service positions, including school, university, and government jobs.” This shows persecution against jewish people as they were not allowed to have certain jobs. This meant that they could not make money to raise their family.
  • burning of on German books

    burning of on German books
    people burned books that didn’t talk positive about the Germans This shows persecution against Jews because they couldn’t free choose what they wanted read.
  • Hitler became fuhrer

    Hitler became fuhrer
    There were no limits or restraints on Hitler’s authority. Germany became a complete dictatorship. This shows persecution to the Jews as Hitler was able to make any law, and the laws he made, were harsh to Jews.
  • Reich Citizenship Law

    Reich Citizenship Law
    The Reich Citizenship Law states that being a “jew” is a race and not a religion or culture. That means that they could no longer be a citizen and were property of the state. Both this law and the “Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor” are both Nuremberg Race Laws.
    This shows persecution that took away their ability to live a free life.They were now property of the Government.
  • Reich citizenship law

    Reich citizenship law
    If germans who had descendants from one or two Jewish grandparents were called a mixed race. And if they had two or more jewish descendants they were considered jews. This shows persecution against the Jews because even if they were not practicing Jews, they were considered Jews due to their ancestors.
  • The law on the alteration of family and personal names”

    The law on the alteration of family and personal names”
    jewish people had to give up there original name and had to take a traditional name and also had to obtain new passports and identification cards. This show harsh treatment as they could no longer keep their given name and had to use
  • first prisoners arrive at Ashwich

    first prisoners arrive at Ashwich
    The SS opened a large concentration camp near the town of Oswiecim to be killed in mass shootings and worked to death. This shows persecution against the Jews as they were shot and worked to death based on their religious belief.
  • Kristallnacht Attacks

    Kristallnacht  Attacks
    German Government declared an attack on Jewish Businesses, homes, and synagogues. 30,000 jews men and boys were arrested and sent to concentration camps This shows unfairness as all of their homes and businesses were destroyed just because they were Jewish.
  • Fanny Orenbach Aisenberg

    Fanny Orenbach Aisenberg
    Fanny was taken and beaten and placed in a transit camp. A few days later she was taken to Auschwitz. There she was made to complete forced labor, endure beatings, and medical experiments were performed on her.