The Treatment of Jews in Germany in the 1930's

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The Treatment of Jews in Germany in the 1930's Between 1933 and 1938 Jews in Germany had been persecuted. In those years, the Nazi hate towards the Jews increased rapidly, first they started forbidding marriages between Jews citizens, later they even void schooling and education for Jews. As the segregation increased between Germans and Jews, the latter were reduced to live in Ghettos; these were parts of the cities that lacked most services like electricity and heating, and for the most part the Jews had no money to live with. As most of the German population was catholic, Nazis alleged that another good reason for hating the Jews was that they blamed Judaism and the Jews for the death of Jesus Christ. This idea has being considered central as one of the arguments the Nazis used to increase the German hate towards the Jews. These ideas can be arranged in the concept Anti-Semitism, which means hate of the Jews. The Nazi government ruled Germany, therefore they imposed this anti-Semite ideas on their citizens. This was specially used in schools for young Germans because they could have more influence on them. With all these Anti-Semite ideas, the Jewish race was considered to be even inferior than the Black race was considered (then called Negro). Nazis had several denigrating ideas about the Jews, which have no fundament and therefore sound stupid or even funny, although they had a great impact among the German population in the 1930´s. For example, German textbooks included drawings and phrases such "all Jews have crooked legs, fat bellies, curly hair and look untrustworthy". The German government approved several laws against Jews, for example, that all Jews over 6 years had to wear a Star of David. Also Jews were banned from all Shows, concerts, literature halls, sports centres, etc. Besides, they were not allowed to own shops. The name Israel was added to every Jew male and Sara to every Jew female. In 1938, the Jews organised a riot opposing the Nazi oppression, in

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