Antisemitism in Nazi Germany

Religious Studies: KS3, topic 1.2.30

Antisemitism built up over time in Nazi Germany.

The hatred of Jews was legal in Nazi Germany.
The 1935 Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship and most of their civil rights.
These laws made marriage between Jews and Germans illegal.
Jews were forbidden to enter certain professions.

Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass", occurred on 9th November 1938.
Nazis attacked Jewish communities throughout Germany and Austria.
They destroyed Jewish businesses, hospitals, schools, cemeteries, and more than 1000 synagogues.
In the aftermath 96 Jews were murdered and 30,000 were arrested.
In November 1938 Germany made it illegal for Jews to carry firearms or other weapons.
Initially people did not grasp that the treatment of Jews would keep getting worse and worse.

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