Questions 11/18

1. Once the Nazis gained power in Germany in 1933, how did they move against the Jews?

The first step was Hitler being named the chancellor of Germany making him the most powerful man in Germany.  Hitler's next step was to end democracy in Germany so that he was making all of the decisions.  The Nazi party then decided to implement their ideas and their notion that the Arian race was the superior race to everyone in the world. One of the first moves the Nazi party made against the Jews was to implement the Nuremberg laws in 1933. These laws restricted the Jews to secondary citizens and prevented Jews to go to movies or regular schools. 

2. What happened on Kristallnacht? Why did the Nazis do it?

Kristallnacht took place on November 9-10 1938.  The english translation of Kristallnacht is "Crystal Night" which is fitting because many Jewish homes, synagogues and over 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed by non Jewish citizens and German SA officers. Many Jews were killed and the ones who weren't were sent to different concentration camps. The Nazi's did this to try and wipe out the Jews from the economy because the Nazis were blaming the Jews for many of the problems in the German economy.