The Holocaust began with Adolf Hitler’s want to get rid of the entire population of Jewish people living in Europe. In Germany, one of his tactics to achieve this goal was the passing of the Nuremberg Laws. To ensure the total dehumanization of Jews the Nazi party enforced two laws that stripped them of their rights, affected where they could live and work, and invited mistreatment from the Aryan people around them
On September 15, 1935 Hitler and the Nazi party passed the Nuremberg Laws that were meant to be specifically discriminatory against Jewish people. In fact, the Reich Citizenship law was put in place o create a basis of citizenship built solely on on the characteristics of one’s race (“Nuremberg Laws” 1898). This law stated that …show more content…
For example, the Germans began to “Aryanize” Jewish businesses turning them over to German managers and throwing the Jewish employees out of their jobs (“Nuremberg Laws” 2). Not only did the Nazi regime limit where Jews could work they also limited who could work for them. Jewish people were not allowed to hire any German maids under the age of 45. Jewish doctors and lawyers were also pushed out of their fields and forbidden to practice. Also, because of the barrier erected between Jews and Germans the Jews mostly concentrated in closed districts even before the establishment of ghettos (“Badge, Jewish” 5). Surrounding themselves with other people of the same faith made the Jew’s lives a bit easier while they were being treated like scm of the earth by the Nazis and the Nazi supporters. Eventually though, the Nazis came into the Jewish communities, rounded everyone up like farm animals and transported them to ghettos where they were forced to live because the Nazis claimed it was “better” for the Jews. Not only that, Jews had also been ordered to wear a distinctive sign, the Star of David on their clothing whenever they were in public or face being arrested. They were also required to carry around identity cards with a bright red “J” stamped on it and if the did not have a very identifiable Jewish name the Nazis changed their middle names, …show more content…
From the moment they were passed they took over the lives of Jews and changed them for the worst, putting barriers between tem and the rest of the world. Many barriers similar to those still exist today and brave people are constantly working to tear them down but the hatred and discrimination that went into making and passing the Nuremberg Laws will forever be the cause of the deaths of over six million innocent Jewish
On September 15, 1935 Hitler and the Nazi party passed the Nuremberg Laws that were meant to be specifically discriminatory against Jewish people. In fact, the Reich Citizenship law was put in place o create a basis of citizenship built solely on on the characteristics of one’s race (“Nuremberg Laws” 1898). This law stated that …show more content…
For example, the Germans began to “Aryanize” Jewish businesses turning them over to German managers and throwing the Jewish employees out of their jobs (“Nuremberg Laws” 2). Not only did the Nazi regime limit where Jews could work they also limited who could work for them. Jewish people were not allowed to hire any German maids under the age of 45. Jewish doctors and lawyers were also pushed out of their fields and forbidden to practice. Also, because of the barrier erected between Jews and Germans the Jews mostly concentrated in closed districts even before the establishment of ghettos (“Badge, Jewish” 5). Surrounding themselves with other people of the same faith made the Jew’s lives a bit easier while they were being treated like scm of the earth by the Nazis and the Nazi supporters. Eventually though, the Nazis came into the Jewish communities, rounded everyone up like farm animals and transported them to ghettos where they were forced to live because the Nazis claimed it was “better” for the Jews. Not only that, Jews had also been ordered to wear a distinctive sign, the Star of David on their clothing whenever they were in public or face being arrested. They were also required to carry around identity cards with a bright red “J” stamped on it and if the did not have a very identifiable Jewish name the Nazis changed their middle names, …show more content…
From the moment they were passed they took over the lives of Jews and changed them for the worst, putting barriers between tem and the rest of the world. Many barriers similar to those still exist today and brave people are constantly working to tear them down but the hatred and discrimination that went into making and passing the Nuremberg Laws will forever be the cause of the deaths of over six million innocent Jewish