Nazi policies towards the jews

• Nazi policies towards the Jews

  • Anti Jewish propaganda was spread in Germany and it actively encourage people to discriminate against the Jews
  • In schools teachers were told to humiliate Jewish children in class. By 1938 Jewish children were banned from attending school
  • All Jews who worked in the Government or as lecturers, doctors or lawyers were sacked
  • Jewish people had to carry an identity card which was stamped with the letter 'J'
  • All Jewish shops were boycotted. The SA actively encouraged people not to purchase goods from Jewish shops and many were vandalised
  • In 1935 Jews were forbidden to join the army
  • In 1935 Nuremberg Law for protection of German blood and honour passed. This banned marriage between Jews and non Jews
  • In 1935 Jews were denied the right to be Germany citizens and they lost the right to vote
  • The Government only gave contracts to pure Germans, not Jewish businesses
  • In 1938 lots of Jewish homes/shops and synagogues were destroyed. This was called Krystallnacht (the night of the broken glass) and many Jews were killed or sent to concentration camps
  • Many Jews sent to concentration camps/murdered