Nazi Persecution of Jews

By agryburn

  • Hitler orders to turn customers away from Jewish shops

  • Placards put up reading "Jews not allowed" "Jews not wanted"

  • Hitler ordered anyone not of Aryan descent to be sacked from Government jobs

  • Nazi school authorities fire Jewish teachers

  • Jewish actors/musicians forbidden to perform in public

  • Banned from public places

    Included parks, playing fields, and swimming pools

  • Jews forbidden to join the army

  • "Nuremburg Laws" deny Jew basic citizenship rights

    Made Jews "subjects" instead of citizens
    Lost their right to vote or hold a government office
    Banned marriage or sexual relations between Jews and Aryans

  • Professional activities of Jews banned or restricted

    Included vets, dentists, teachers, accountants, surveyors, and nurses

  • More and more Jewish businesses confiscated

  • Jews had to register their property, making it easier to confiscate

  • Jewish doctors, dentists, and lawyers forbidden to work for Aryans

  • Jewish children excluded from German schools and universities

  • Jews had to have a red "J" stamped on their passport

  • Banned from concert halls, museums, amusement places, and sports fields

  • Period: to

    Kristallnacht - a night where Jews and their property were heavily attacked

    Thousands of shop windows smashed
    815 shops destroyed
    191 synagogues set on fire
    76 synagogues demolished
    91 Jews killed and 20,000 arrested

  • Jewish community ordered to pay a fine of 1 billion Reichsmarks

  • Jews no longer allowed to run shops/businesses

  • Not allowed to own radios or buy cakes or chocolate