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Explanation:
Anti-Jewish decrees
The persecution of the Jews began systematically almost as soon as Hitler came to power. The Nazis established many new anti-Jewish laws. These were introduced slowly at first, so that the civilian population would not realise the extent of the Nazi party's anti-Semitism. Below is a chart showing a small selection of the 2,000 Nazi anti-Jewish decrees passed between 1933-1945. It is uncertain whether Hitler planned to murder the Jews when he came to power. Originally it seems he intended to force them out of Germany but this eventually led to a plan to exterminate the Jews.
1933
Action
Public burning of books by Jews and anti-Nazis
Random attacks on Jews and Jewish property
Police and the courts no longer protect Jews
April boycotts of Jewish shops - for one day, Germans are told not to buy from shops and business owned by Jews
SA stand by shops to discourage people from going inside
'Kosher'- ritual slaughter of animals banned
Department of Racial Hygiene ('ethnic cleansing') established
1934
Action
Jewish students excluded from exams in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law
Jews excluded from military service
1935
Action
Nuremberg Laws deny Jews many basic civil rights
Law for 'The Protection of German Blood and German Honour' forbade mixed marriages
1935-36
Action
Jews no longer allowed to vote and lose German citizenship
Benefit payments to large Jewish families stopped
Jews banned from parks, restaurants and swimming pools
Jews forbidden to use the German greeting 'Heil Hitler'
Jews no longer allowed electrical/optical equipment, bicycles, typewriters or records
Passports for Jews to travel abroad restricted
Many Jewish students removed from German schools and universities
1938
Action
Special identity cards issued to Jews
Jews excluded from cinema, theatre, concerts, exhibitions, beaches and holiday resorts
Jews forced to add the names Sarah or Israel to their own
Kristallnacht (9 November) - a night of terrible violence in Germany. German and Austrian Jews are murdered, synagogues burnt and desecrated and shop windows destroyed. Thousands of Jews are arrested
Jewish children expelled from German schools
Jews' passports stamped with a red letter 'J'. Some have passports removed to prevent them leaving the country.
1939
Action
A central office for Jewish emigration set up
Jews evicted from their homes without reason and notice
Jews' radios confiscated
Jewish curfew established
1940
Action
Jews' telephones confiscated
Jews no longer receive ration cards for clothes
1941
Action
Jews over 6 forced to wear a Yellow Star of David with 'Jew' written on it
Jews Forbidden to use public telephones
Jews forbidden to keep dogs, cats and birds
Jews forbidden to leave the country
1942
Action
Jews hand over fur coats and woollen items
Jews not allowed to receive eggs or milk
Blind or deaf Jews no longer allowed to wear armbands identifying their condition in traffic
All schools closed to Jewish children
1943
Action
Continuous deportations
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The Jewish people: religion and culture
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