Nazi economic, social and racial policy - WJECThe Nazis’ persecution of the Jews
Hitler had outlined his ideas in Mein Kampf, from 1933 the implementation of these ideas affected many aspects of life in Germany. How did Nazi economic, social and racial policy affect life in Germany?
The group most heavily targeted for persecution by the Nazis were the Jews. The outbreak of World War Two brought the horror of mass killings and the Final Solution, but the period after 1933 saw a gradual increase in persecution, reaching a turning point during Kristallnacht in November 1938.
1933
Nazis organised a boycott of Jewish businesses.
Books by Jewish authors were publicly burnt.
Jewish civil servants, lawyers and teachers were sacked.
Race science lessons were introduced, teaching the Nazi belief that Jews were sub-human.
1935
The Nuremberg LawsThe Nuremberg Laws were anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany. formalised anti-Semitism into the Nazi state by:
stripping Jews of German citizenshipA person's nationality.
outlawing marriage and sexual relations between Jews and Germans
taking away from Jews all civil and political rights
1938
Jews could not be doctors.
Jews had to add the name Israel (men) or Sara (women) to their name.
Jewish children were forbidden to go to school.
Kristallnacht - 9 November. The SS organised attacks on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in retaliation for the assassination of the German ambassador to France by a Jew.
1939
Jews were forbidden to own a business, or even a radio.
By the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939, the German Jews were stateless, their employment options in Germany were severely restricted and they feared for their safety.
