The persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Violence against Jews in Germany. The SA attacks Jewish Shops. Jews are forced out of jobs in newspapers and the Civil Service. In April Germans are told to boycott Jewish Shops
  • Jewish people banned from having health insurance

    Nazi Newspapers claim that Jews murder Christian children.
  • The Nuremburg Laws are passed

    Jews no longer allowed to be German citizens Jews not allowed to have sexual--‐relationships with non--‐Jews Jews not allowed to marry non--‐Jews
  • Jews banned from all ‘professional’ jobs

    Jews banned from state schools/cinemas/public places
  • Jews banned from working any political or Government role

    Jews forced to close down and sell their businesses
  • Austria unites with Germany

    Austrian Jews now persecuted as well Jewish Passports in Germany and Austria have to be stamped with a Red J. Kristallnacht–Night of Broken Glass
  • Germany occupation of Czechoslovakia begins

    Jews in Poland and Czechoslovakia begin to be persecuted.
  • Germany invades Poland

    All Jews in Nazi controlled territory forced to wear yellow star
  • Germany invades Holland and Denmark, Belgium and Norway

    Jewish Persecution in these countries begins. Auschwitz opens. Warsaw ghetto is sealed off in Poland – 400,000 Jews inside.