NUREMBERG Race laws and the kristallnacht
Adolf Hitler's first injustice towards the Jews was the creation of the Nuremberg Race Laws in 1935. These laws deprived Jews of political and social rights. At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg that year, the Nazi Party announced the creation of said laws that would ban German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibit them from marrying or having intimate relations with anyone of "pure German blood". Jews were also excluded from most public places and not allowed to own businesses. they did not define a Jew as someone with Jewish religious beliefs, but instead recognized Judaism as a race. Actual Jews were not the only people affected by the new regulations, as anyone who was somehow related to a Jew was considered one as well, even if they followed another religion such as Christianity.
The Nuremberg Laws played a large role in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. As expected, Jewish athletes were not allowed to compete. During the games, the Nazi Party temporarily halted it's Anti-Jew attacks. Hitler ordered "Jews Unwelcome" signs to be removed from public places. He did not want international criticism because it would result in the games being moved to another country, which would be a blow to Germany's honor. After the games ended, the Nazis continued to persecute the Jews even more.
On the night of November 9th, 1938, violence against Jews broke out all across Germany. This was called the Kristallnacht, "Night of Broken Glass", referring to the broken glass that was strewn across the streets the morning after. Within a period of two days, German citizens trashed and looted several thousand Jewish-owned businesses, burned 250 synagogues, and killed dozens of Jews. Seemingly unplanned, the Kristallnacht was actually organized by a Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and various other Nazi party members. Afterwards, hundreds of Jews were arrested and sent to prisons or concentration camps for various "crimes". The Kristallnacht made life afterwards even harder for German and Austrian Jewish children and teenagers because of intense segregation and government-enforced curfews. The Night of Broken Glass could easily be described as the beginning of the end for the European Jews.
The Nuremberg Laws played a large role in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. As expected, Jewish athletes were not allowed to compete. During the games, the Nazi Party temporarily halted it's Anti-Jew attacks. Hitler ordered "Jews Unwelcome" signs to be removed from public places. He did not want international criticism because it would result in the games being moved to another country, which would be a blow to Germany's honor. After the games ended, the Nazis continued to persecute the Jews even more.
On the night of November 9th, 1938, violence against Jews broke out all across Germany. This was called the Kristallnacht, "Night of Broken Glass", referring to the broken glass that was strewn across the streets the morning after. Within a period of two days, German citizens trashed and looted several thousand Jewish-owned businesses, burned 250 synagogues, and killed dozens of Jews. Seemingly unplanned, the Kristallnacht was actually organized by a Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and various other Nazi party members. Afterwards, hundreds of Jews were arrested and sent to prisons or concentration camps for various "crimes". The Kristallnacht made life afterwards even harder for German and Austrian Jewish children and teenagers because of intense segregation and government-enforced curfews. The Night of Broken Glass could easily be described as the beginning of the end for the European Jews.