The Holocaust

Even those in a position of power and influence,this means that Jews are being discriminated
who could have prevented the seriousness of theagainst to benefit others. Later in 1935 a law was
discrimination, chose not to. Teachers especially,passed to say that Jews were banned from the
could have helped prevent the younger generationarmed forces, as the war is drawing nearer, with
from developing this type of discrimination inno Jews allowed to be in the war, more
schools, out of schools and in later life. However,discrimination goes on, in towns and cities where
both German schools and the Hitler youthAryans identify that Jews are doing nothing to
discriminated against Jews by teaching lessonshelp what might be the war effort, even though,
that were designed to do this and to teach thatthey have no choice but to find another, legal,
Aryans were the superior race. One of the mainoccupation. This discrimination separates Germans
areas of teaching where discrimination took placefrom Jews.
was in racial science where students were taughtIn early 1935 it was announced that Jews were
how Jews had a different skull shape/size tono longer citizens of Germany, and had lost their
Aryans and other races and taught how theyright to vote as written down in the Nuremburg
could identify a Jew by their physical features; thislaws, 1935 "Jews have no vote". This was a big
created a lot of discrimination towards Jewsstep in discriminating Jews. It had separated
among the young people of Germany.One of theGermans and Aryans completely, so now they
events to describe and demonstrate how Jewscould not still be equal, they were different, and
were discriminated against in Germany is the Aprilthis meant that their reaction to eachother had
Boycott; for one day Germans all over thechanged.Laws that had a real effects on any Jew
country were told not to buy from shops andat that time that dealt with their daily lives had
business' owned by Jews. SA men stood by thewas a massive discrimination on them. For
doors of these shops to discourage anyone fromexample in late 1933 Jews were banned from all
going inside. The SA men would have discouragedsports and athletic clubs, and in late 1935 Jews:
business, leading business away from the Jewswere no longer allowed to marry Aryan, nor to
and back into Aryan owned businesses and shops.have sexual relations with them; who had married
This is discriminating against the Jews and while itAryans no longer had a valid marriage; were
was probably very beneficial to the Aryansbanned from parks, restaurants and swimming
working at the time, the Jews would have lostpools; and finally it was passed that Jewish leaders
business, and would be looked at differently bywere stopped from preaching or speaking publicly.
Germans.In many places in Germany, there wereAfar from this sort of discrimination, there is also
signs that read 'Jews not welcome here'. Thesethe fact that Jews were banned from having
could be put on park benches, outside places ofelectrical and optical equipment, bicycles,
public interest, or even where it means that Jewstypewriters, or records and were ordered to
are not welcome in the village, city or town. Thishand them over to the authorities. This
separates Jews from the rest of the population,discrimination meant that many Jewish families
by discriminating against them, making Germanswent without the opportunities and comforts that
feel like they are different people to them, soAryans lived with, thus separating them even
they should be treated differently!On the 9thfurther, while discrimination becomes easier.All of
November 1938 a very big event occurred whichthese things lead to the ease of what happened
was the result and cause of more discriminationafter 1939 where Jews were put into Ghetto's,
towards Jews. Kristallnacht was a night of violencewhere the Vansee conference took place and
across Germany and Austria, 91 Jews werewhere Jews were transported to death camps.
murdered, synagogues were burned down, JewsThe Nazi's had successfully created a place, in
were "dragged from their beds" sacred objectsGermany, where people supported the ideas of
were desecrated, shop windows were smashedNazism and didn't object to law passed against
and 20 000 Jewish men were rounded up andthem, discriminating or de-humanising them even
sent to concentration camps. Yet in all of this thefurther.Jews were discriminated through making
German police did nothing to stop the attacksthem unwelcome, to having laws passed against
"such actions were not to be discouraged", so thethem, and later, to death, where they were seen
discrimination grew to a point where it wasas different people who should be treated
acceptable to kill a Jew.Throughout the perioddifferently and deserved what they got. Jews
1933 to 1939, many laws were passed by Nazi'swere restricted in everything they did, and
to further discriminate against the Jews, and tobecause of this they became easy to discriminate
separate them from Aryans, and the 'normal lifeagainst.The article was produced by the member
in Germany'. This started as restricting their jobof
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