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Jewish Persecution - Coggle Diagram
Jewish Persecution
Reich Law
Yellow star
Cannot marry German citizens
Only German blood can be citizens
Cannot have sexual relations with a German citizen
Subjects not citizens
Cannot vote, have a German passport or work for the government
Reasons why Jews were persecuted
Associated with communism
Others were jealous of Jews success
Used as scapegoats
Suspicious of a different religion
Blamed for defeat in WW1
Professions and other aspects of life
1934- banned from public places
1935- Nuremburg Laws
1937- passports stamped with a J
1939- all Jews expelled from Germany
1933- actors, musicians, civil servants, teachers all not allowed to do their jobs. Can't join army anymore and couldn't inherit land. Lawyers and doctors boycotted
Jewish Businesses
1938- had to register property and shops were vandalised
1937- businesses were taken over by Arygons
1939- barred from owning businesses
1933- one day boycott of Jewish shops. Yellow stars used
Kristallnacht
100 Jews killed
814 shops destroyed
171 homes destroyed
191 synagogues destroyed
Reasons why most non-Jewish German people let it happen
Influence of propaganda
Distrust of Jewish people
Fear of Gestapo and SS