World War II: Suffering From Germany

Suffering from Germany In 1939, a powerful man named Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, this was the start of WWII. During WWII six million innocent Jewish people feared for their lives. First, all citizens Jew and German had to complete a census that included the people to list their race, religion, and ancestry. Second, all people had to carry around an ID card. But Jews had to wear the Star of David and have an ID card on them at all times. Third, Germany passed the Nuremberg race laws, which took away all the Jewish people's rights, even to the point to where they were put in small, unsanitary, isolated areas called Ghettos. Fourth, once the ghettos were too full they moved the Jewish people to larger areas called concentration camps. Where they would starve and gas them. These four steps were the Nazis steps to the final solution, the final solution to erasing the Jewish race completely. …show more content…
For example, the Gestapo routinely tortured people for any information on the plannings of rebellions or other activities that went against Nazi rules: “Gestapo interrogation methods included… securing a prisoner’s wrists behind his back then hanging him by the arms causing shoulder dislocation” ( paragraph 15 ). They would capture and torture people they had been spying on. Before they captured the people they had been spying on, there would be blackmail files on every person of suspicion. The Nazis did all these things to not only to strike fear in the people, but to be a dominant