How Jews Were Discriminated Against in Germany 1936-39

How Jews Were Discriminated Against in Germany 1936-39

In 1933 the Nazis came to power. The Nazis main target for Germany was

to exclude Jews from the society. A boycott was organized against all

Jewish shops and businesses where shops were vandalized and Jews

beaten up. Many laws were passed as the Nazis developed their ideas on

how to rid Germany of Jews. There included Jews being banned from

working as Lawyers and Teachers. Children were also targeted as Aryans

and Jewish children were banned from playing together and Jewish

children could not join any clubs. Nazis made sure that any books that

did not support their ideas were burnt. Propaganda was produced

presenting Jews negatively, as fat and ugly with big noses and Jewish

children were pointed out at school and shown how ugly they were to

the rest of the class. Jews were blamed for World War one. These were

just the first few steps to taking Jews out of society.

By 1935 the Nazis made sure that Jews were no longer seen as a part of

the society. All of the former rights that they possessed were stolen

from them. Jews could no longer vote, as they were no longer a part of

society. They were banned from having any say on how the country was

run. This law was known as 'The Reich Law on citizenship'.

Nazis planned to make a master Aryan race; they went to extremes such

as picking the best bred man and woman to produce perfect children. To

make sure there would no Jews starting families with Aryans. The 'Law

for the protection of blood and hour' this law started that no German

could marry or have sexual relations with a Jew.

The Nazis started to produce masses of anti-Semitism propaganda; they

felt that this would persuade the whole of Germany to agree with their

beliefs.

In 1936, the Olympic games took place in Berlin. As many visitors were

in Germany the anti-Semitism died down for a while. Propaganda posters

were taken down while the games took place.