Star Of David Holocaust Analysis

In the two readings, I read about all of the laws and legislative acts that led to Hitler’s horrid decision of The Final Solution. These laws deprived the Jews from their homes and culture. They were forced to stop speaking German. They were also forced to dispose of any German books that they had. Instead of reading German books, they were forced to pay for a series of books, that discriminated Jews and “taught” them about Jewish corruption and conspiracies.
To “restore” Germany, Hitler believed that all Jews must be taken away from the political and public life of Germany. He took away all Jews equal rights and discriminated any Aryan personnel that was of relation to a Jewish family member. Jews were removed from all German schools and German government positions.
Next, the Nazi party formed two new laws: The Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the
Protection of German Blood and German Honor. The Reich Citizenship Law, stated that only “full blood German’s” were granted citizenship to Germany. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, forbade marriage and sexual relationships between Jews and “full blood Germans”, and it also stated strict punishments to violators. Hitler then formed the Law Regarding the Legal Status of the Jewish Religious Communities. This law placed Jews under administrative control, which later led to the placements in the Ghettos.
Then Hitler and the Nazi party forced all Jews to change their names.
Men were forced to add the name Israel to their names and women were forced to add Sarah to their names. They were all also forced to were the Star-of-David patches on their clothing. These were ways of identification for the Jews. To the Jews the Star-of-David was like a badge of shame. The stars promoted humiliation, shame, and abuse to the Jews. It made Jews feel like outcast to the rest of the German society.
On November 7, 1938, a Polish boy named Hershel Grynszpan shot a German ambassador, in Paris. Due to his actions German official destroyed Jewish property. This night was known as Kristallnacht, “the night of glass”. It was given this name because the first Jewish-owned property that was destroyed was a store, and its glass window was shattered.
Lastly, Hitler put the Four Year Plan into action. Jews were forced to give up all their property and business’s that they owned. They were then put under complete police surveillance. All of these laws and legislative acts were what led to Hitler’s horrid decision of The Final
Solution.