Discrimination Of Jews

Was life under Nazi rule for the Jewish people in Europe horrible? Yes it was. Since the rise of the Nazis, Jews have lost many things. Jewish people have lost their citizenship, their protection under the law, and even their humanity. Nazis were very anti-Semitic and started to treat Jews very unfairly. Jew lost everything in their live and was basically treated like animals. Adolph Hitler was the main person involved with the setting of these laws. He claimed that the Jews were the cause of Germany’s downfall and that they were full of diseases.

As the Nazis started to take control, Jewish people lost their jobs, stores, homes, and were even getting beat up by civilians and/or police. Life started to change for the worse for Jewish people

in all of Europe. Not only Jews were singled, but also the mentally disabled, handicap, homosexuals, and gypsies. The Nuremberg Laws were a specific set of laws that stopped and limited Jews from many things. It forbids Jews from being doctors, teachers, or any real occupation. It also stops Jews from marrying anyone with German blood. Jews were forbidden to hold Reich flag or even be a part of the Reich. There were many things Jews were not allowed to do.
As the Nazis continued to rule, life for the Jews just kept getting worse and worse. Life started the really bad when Hitler invaded Poland on the 1st of September 1939. His plan was to get rid of the Jews in Poland and create more "Living Space" for his Aryan race, the Germans that Hitler found suitable for his Reich. However, Hitler found more Jews in Poland than he had anticipated and therefore found dealing with them harder than he first thought it would be. To deal with these extra Jews, Hitler would have to come up with plans and ways to deal with them. These would be more terrible than any previous treatment by the Nazis and far swifter. With the help of the Soviet Union, Germany had wiped Poland off the map, leaving the Jews only 2 options; "Special Treatment" by the Nazis or oppression by the Soviet Union.
As soon as Hitler took over all of Poland, he began his systematic anti-Semitic treatment on the Jews.

It started off as just bad treatment like the humiliation that German Jews were subjected to. Random beatings and occasional murders by Nazis happened on the streets. At the time it was very difficult for the SS to identify Jew when they were able to mingle with citizens. Jews were needed to be separated from everyone else. The Jews were then forced into Ghettos in the small sections of towns. They were just crammed in. The most known Ghetto was the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. In these Ghettos about thirty percent of the whole city’s population was crammed into 2 percent of space. The Ghettos were made to separate the Jews from the citizens. Another purpose of these Ghettos was the eliminated Jews by “natural causes.” Jews were being starved and also died of diseases because they were not allowed to medical assistance.

Jews were forced to do labor like building work, clean the streets, and also move dead bodies. Being forced to rebuild buildings after the damage from bombings of city killed Jews and also rebuilt the city. It was the Nazi way of killing one bird with two

stones.
On 22 June 1941, Germany had broken their treaty with the Soviet Union. Three million soviet soldiers were taken prisoner in the first eight months. Jews, gypsies, and anyone who was believed to be a communist were immediately shot. To carry out these murders Hitler created a group called Einsatzgruppen (murder squads), which many brought into Jewish communities. They went all around the continent committing these murders to make living space for Hitler's Aryan race.
During Germany’s advances in Russia, the Germans had suffered heavy losses and the Jews were to blame. After blaming the Jews for the heavy casualties the Nazis that Jewish man, woman, or child would be alive in Europe. Tens of thousands of Jews would be killed by the SS in just a few days. Nazis noticed that shooting people in mass graves would be too slow, so that's when they came up with a new idea.
Death camps were being more known. In December 1941, in a town named Chelmno the first factory was opened. At least 150,000 Jews were killed with gas vans. The Chelmno camp was such a success, Nazis opened three camps following spring. They aimed to kill every Jew. At Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibor, 1,600,000 Jews were killed. Millions of people who arrived to these camps expected a better, but instead met death.
Auschwitz (another death camp) was the largest and opened in 1942.

This camp was designed to kill every Jew in Europe. Hundreds, even thousands, of people were packed tightly into small cattle trains for days. Many of people died on the train rides. When they arrived to Auschwitz they were still being greatly deceived because music was playing at the stations to make them feel welcomed. Working men and children were separated; the sick, elderly, and woman were taken in another direction, right to the showers. As they were getting ready to go into the shower they were continuously being lied to by the Nazi. They were being told to remember the clothespin number and that the shower would delouse them. The Jews instead of showering were gassed and taken out in massive numbers. This is a horribly painful and extremely inhuman way to

die.
In 1945, World War two ended due to the surrender of Germany. Millions of Jews were killed and if they weren’t killed they were very ill. As the Jews were put to work to their death they were also forced to march and if the fell out of place or slowed down they were instantly shot. As the war was reached an end Jews were and other were liberated and the horrible treatment soon ended. Although the bad treatment ended many Jews were still sick and in horrible condition.
The events that took before and during the holocaust are horrific and cruel. Jewish life before going to camps was painful, lifeless, and emotional. Many people were ripped from their home, ripped from their family, and ripped away from friends and social life. Children were unable to receive a proper education or even have a proper life. Jewish life was wronged in the worst way before they were sent to camps.