1. Jews in Nazi Germany

2. Boycott  1933 – SA and SS organized boycott of Jewish businesses

3. Laws  Banned from public places (pools, parks, etc.)  Began firing Jews

4. Nuremberg Laws 1935  Hitler defined who was Jewish and defined them as the enemy  Removed citizenship  Interracial marriage banned  1936 – more laws banning property ownership, more firings

5. Kristallnacht  1938 – first public attack on Jewish homes, synagogues, businesses  Violence for over a week; 100 killed, 20,000 into camps  Jews fined for the damages

6. Ghettos and War  War intensified attacks on Jews  Jews in occupied territories forced to live in ghettos (walled in areas of cities)  1941 Himmler orders “special action groups” to kill all Soviet Jews (Einsatzgruppen)

7. Final Solution/Destruction  Wannsee Conference 1942 planned destruction of all Jews in Europe  Adolph Eichmann planned operation (with Heydrich)  Extermination camps set up in Eastern Europe  6 million Jews murdered