Holocaust After Word War I Germany was humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles Forced to give up territory, reduce its armed forces, accept guilt for WWI and pay reparations to the allied powers German people felt embarrassed and shamed Hitler offered a reason for their hard times

Holocaust (1933) Hitler and the Nazi party rise to power and start anti- Sematic propaganda “The Attacker” Nazi news paper that regularly featured anti- Sematic writings always had the statement “The Jew are our misfortune” written on the front page The Nazis claimed the Jews corrupted pure German culture with their "foreign" and "mongrel" influence. They portrayed the Jews as evil and cowardly, and Germans as hardworking, courageous, and honest The Nazis then combined their racial theories with the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin to justify their treatment of the Jews.

Holocaust The Germans, as the strongest and fittest, were destined to rule, while the weak and racially adulterated Jews were doomed to extinction. Hitler began to restrict the Jews with legislation and terror, which entailed burning books written by Jews, removing Jews from their professions and public schools, confiscating their businesses and property and excluding them from public events.

Nuremburg Laws Wanted to instill German purity and blood Jews were no longer considered citizens (nationalists) Jews could no longer marry Jews could not have relations with any German Jews could not employ any female citizens under the age of 45 as a domestic worker

Holocaust (1936) over 78,000 Jews have left Germany since 1933 (1937) Passports for Jews are limited (1938) Confiscation of Jewish Property begins (1938) Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass” November 1938 SA Stormtroopers and German Citizens attacked Jewish owned stores, buildings, and places of worship Homes and schools were ransacked and burned Over 30,000 Jews arrested and sent to concentration camps Marked the Beginning of the Final Solution