Political Policy Holocaust

Plan of Investigation This paper was researched in order to discover to what extent German political policy, and anti-Semitism affected the Holocaust. This topic was chosen because the Holocaust may be a very interesting and quite controversial topic for many people. Various books and articles, such as The Holocaust, by Mitchell G. Bard, as well as A History of the Holocaust, by Yehuda Baur were used in order to gather information and learn about this topic to the fullest extent. These sources were helpful in answering the research question and further explaining important facts and events that occurred during this time period. The website entitled Noodletools aided me in organizing the research. Subtopics were created in order to keep the
These laws stated that marriage between Jews and subjects of German blood were forbidden. Jews were also forbidden to raise the national flag or display national colors, although they were allowed to display Jewish colors.[8] Article four of the Nuremburg Laws stated, "A Jew cannot be a citizen of the Reich. He cannot exercise the right to vote. He cannot hold public office."[9] The Reich was the German empire, as the Germans tried so hardly to exclude the Jewish people from it. A Holocaust survivor recognized in the article “Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany” once stated, “The Nuremberg Laws did not identify a "Jew" as someone with particular religious beliefs. Instead, the first amendment to the Nuremberg Laws defined anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents as a Jew, regardless of whether that individual recognized himself or herself as a Jew or belonged to the Jewish religious community.”[10] This seems very unfair to many people, seeing as a person had no control over what their ancestors believed. People should not be criticized by who or what heritage they came
It was a night when the Nazis wrecked many Jewish businesses and homes. It is often called “Night of the broken glass”. It took place on November 9th and 10th,1938, in Germany.[11] No one got in trouble for committing this frightful, and horrifying crime. This event finally opened peoples eyes to see what was truly going on. Louis L. Snyder stated, "It was decided at the meeting that, since Jews were to blame for these events, they be held legally and financially responsible for the damages incurred by the pogrom. Accordingly, a "fine of 1 billion marks was levied for the slaying of Vom Rath, and 6 million marks paid by insurance companies for broken windows was to be given to the state coffers"[12] The fact that the Jews were blamed for the crime that was committed against them is absolutely shocking. "The shattered glass was so many Jewish "crystals" or "diamonds." Two days after the attacks, Hermann Goering, a German military leader, ordered the enactment of statutes to punish the Jewish community. Jews were disallowed from owning stores, working as independent skilled workers, or attending concerts, movies, or other forms of public entertainment—they were even prohibited from driving cars,” [13] Mark Roseman stated talking about the events and aftermath of “Kristallnacht”. The Nazi’s took away more and more rights from the Jewish people as they gained more and more power in