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Nazi Persecution - Coggle Diagram
Nazi Persecution
Nuremburg Laws
Only those with ‘german blood’ can be citizens
Jews must be ‘subjects’ not citizens.
Jews can not vote
Jews can’t have a German passport
Jews can’t work for the government
Jews must have a yellow star on clothing
No Jew can marry a German citizen
No Jew can have sexual relations with a German citizen.
Timeline + Important Dates
1933-A boycott for Jewish-owned businesses was arranged where they also painted yellow stars on doors of supposed Jewish shops. (+Jews were sacked from several jobs e.g acting, teachers as well as being banned from owning land.
1934-Jews banned from public places like parks
1935-Nuremberg laws
1936-Jews restricted from even more careers such as vets, nurses and accountants.
1937-A ‘J’ symbol had to be put on Jewish passports, and either ‘Sarah’ or ‘Israel’ had to be added to Jewish peoples names.
1938-Kristallnacht
1939-Jews were completely banned from owning businesses and laws were put in place to expel all Jew’s from Germany.
Why were Jews Persecuted?
Communism Association
Jealousy - Many people of Jew relation were extremely successful, with successful careers.
As they were the main blame for Germany’s past loss in WW1 (Some of the politicians involved the the treaty of Versailles were Jewish)
Already was a general scapegoat for Germany’s problems
Why didn’t non-Jewish Germans do anything?
As well as Jew’s being the main scapegoat they were also never trusted.
Anti-Semitic propaganda (Government influence)
Fear of punishment if they spoke out