1. THE HOLOCAUST
Roots of the Holocaust

2. DISCRIMINATION Actions Pushed out of homes and jobs
Denied citizenship (no rights) – yellow badges
boycotts of Jewish businesses
Kristallnacht – “Night of Broken Glass”

3. ACCORDING TO THE NUREMBERG LAW OF 1935, A PERSON WAS CONSIDERED A JEW IF:
He/she practiced Judaism
He/she had Jewish grandparents
He/she was married to a Jew.
But, there were so many subcategories that few understood exactly where the law placed them.

5. HITLER AND THE NAZIS PLACED THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS ON JEWS:
Non-Aryan government officials were forced to retire.
All Jewish newspaper workers were fired.
Jews were expelled from musician, writer, and artist guilds which meant they could no longer perform or display their work.
Businesses were pressured to fire Jewish executives.

6. Companies and banks owned by Jews were hit with boycotts.
By 1938, Jewish children were not permitted to attend school.
Jews were forbidden from using swimming pools.
Jews could not marry “Aryans.”
In 1935, Jews were told they were not citizens and took away their right to vote and hold public office.

9. LIBENSTROM: “LIVING SPACE” – HITLER BELIEVED THAT THE “NEW” GERMANY NEEDED TO EXPAND. THEY ANNEXED NEIGHBORING AUSTRIA.

10. IN AUSTRIA JEWS WERE DRAGGED FROM THEIR HOMES AND FORCED TO CLEAN LATRINES AND STREETS. WHILE THEY WORKED THEIR HOMES WERE LOOTED.