Anti-Semitism And Discrimination Of Jews During The Holocaust

The Jews had been mistreated long before the Holocaust began. Anti-Semitism (hatred against Jews) has existed for thousands of years. Early Christianity hated the Jews because they remained faithful to their own traditions and refused to convert to Christianity. By the1500's, the religious leader Martin Luther put out fierce attacks against the Jews because they didn't convert to Christianity. He referred to the Jews as deadly and dangerous people to the society and called for violence against them. In many places, the Jews were forced to live in separate communities called ghettos. They had to pay more taxes, and they were not allowed to own land or to have certain jobs.
Around the 1800's, many people began discriminating against Jews because of their race rather
In the months to follow, the government passed laws that forbid Jews from certain careers. Jews were excluded from civil services. They banned the fields of education and culture to the Jews, also they couldn't do any form of farming what's so ever.
The Nuremberg laws of 1935 took away the citizenship of Jews. Jews were not allowed to marry non-Jews. These laws made it so they can tell who was full Jewish or part Jewish blood. For example, a person who had at least three Jewish grandparents was classified as a Jew. Someone with one Jewish grandparent might be classified as a Mischling (mixed blood) or just Germen.
In the next few years, the Nazi government continued to deny Jews of their rights and belongings. Jews were not allowed to sit in parks and swim in public pools. The government took away Jewish businesses as well as personal property. The biasness was an effort to make the Jews leave so Germany would be free of Jews. 1000's of Jews did leave the country, but they couldn't take much of their property with them. Many Jews were stuck because other countries would not accept them in large