Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, and during this time, he implemented a series of measures designed to eliminate Jews from German life with the help of the desperation of a German people who blamed the Jews for every evil of the Weimar era: capitalism, communism, internal conflict, and the Treaty of Versailles. The Jews were supposedly the root cause of Germany's problems, both as greedy internal infiltrators who did not belong to the blood and soil of Germany, and as an international conspiracy limiting Germany's influence on world politics. Under the Nazi regime, Hitler made life uncomfortable for Jews in Germany and Austria and removed them from most positions of power and influence. Three distinct waves of anti - Jewish legislation can be discerned.1) Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil ServiceThe first wave welled up in March 1933 and by April 7 had culminated in the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service. This law authorized the dismissal of almost all “non- - Aryan” civil servants. This law became the model for measures excluding Jews from other occupations. 2) The Nuremberg LawsThe second major wave of anti - Jewish legislation came on September 15, 1935, when the Reichstag passed two laws. Under the Reich Citizenship Law, the Jews were deprived of all voting rights and became second - class citizens and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, which forbade marriage and sexual contact between Jews and Germans. In the wake of that law, a complicated classification system was enacted defining various degrees of Jewish ness. Kristallnacht - night of broken glass. In November 1938, SA bands, supported by Gestapo and other party organizations, burned synagogues and Jewish stores all over Germany (Kristallnacht - night of broken glass). The police under Nazi control did not move. Hence, 150,000 Jews left Germany and Austria after th...
