Monday 19 October 2015

Nazi policy towards the Jews

  • The 25 point plan was published by the Nazis in 1920, where party members declared that they wanted to segregate Jews from the Aryan race. During the 1st 6 years of Hitler's reign, the Jews felt the effect of 400 decrees both at regional and national level. No corner of Germany was untouched.
  • Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service - The decree of April 7 1933 were politically unreliable according to the Nazis, in which they were to be excluded from state service. 
  • April 1933 - Jews were to be restricted from some German schools and Universities, and also Jewish doctors in Munich could not treat German people. 
  • May 10th 1933 - Public book burning of non-Aryan nature. 
  • Also in 1933, Jewish civilian workers were fired from the army and imposed a 1.5% quota on admissions to non-Aryan schools and Unis.
  • Nuremberg Laws 1935 - The laws that were stated at the Nazi annual party, saw Jews being removed of their citizenship and were unable to marry those of German blood. This law did not identify a Jew for their beliefs, but for those with who had 3/4 Jewish grandparents. These laws sparked a new wave of Anti Semitism, which in an overview stated that Jews were outsiders in Germany.

  • 1936 - During the Summer and Winter Olympics, the Nazis toned down its anti-Jewish laws and other activities. Hitler did not want international criticism of his government as well as the removal of the Olympic games. Also, other leaders did not want international tourism to stop bringing in revenue.
  • 1937-1938 - These years saw the return of anti-Jewish legislation. The government began to set out to remove the Jews from German economy by requiring them to register their property. 
  • Kristallnacht - A Nazi 'diplomat' was shot in Paris by a Jew. This saw Hitler order 7 days of organised terror, where 10,000 shops owned by the Jews were destroyed with their contents stolen. Homes and Synagogues were set on fire, and left to burn by the firefighters. The Jews were also forced to clean the streets and pay up to 1 billion marks for it. 


  • Madagascar Plan - This plan saw the resettlement of Jews to create a fee of Jew Europe. However, following 1941 ands the Wannsee Conference this plan was scrapped, and alongside the loss of the Battle of Madagascar to the British, this plan was looking even more unlikely.
  • WW2 - The breakout of war saw Hitler gain more freedom to bring destruction to the Jews of Europe. Nazis began to deport Jews to ghettos in occupied areas of Poland and Russia meaning areas were to be free of Jews. The Soviet invasion of 1941 saw the Einzatgruppen follow up the frontline in killing the Jews, with 1.5 million being counted. The inefficiency of this killing lead to the creation of death camps, where Jews were sent. In total, over 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis in death camps, and by the Einzatgruppen.  

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