What you need to know… Make note of the following information in your notebooks under the title: Hitler and the Jews (1933-1942)

Hitler and the Jews (1933-1942) The Nazi’s took small steps against the Jews before the ‘final solution’ First, they passed the Nuremburg Laws in 1935, meaning that Jews could not: attend university teach school marry a non-Jew hold a gov’t job be the author of a book be a lawyer, doctor… Next, they launched violent attacks on German Jews in the Kristallnacht in 1938 By 1939, Jews were being moved into special areas of the city called ghettos – overcrowded and unsanitary Next, they built the concentration camps to imprison Jews, gypsies, communists, and other ‘undesirables’.

Cont’d These people were forced to do hard labour – and were killed if they grew too weak. Hitler also used ‘death squads’ (Einsatzgruppen) to find and execute Jews in other countries. Finally, in 1942, the Nazi’s adopted the Final Solution – the death camps. Some camps were for work, some for death, and some for both It is estimated that about 6 million Jews and 1 million other ‘undesirables’ were killed here.