Holocaust 7
Holocaust 7Anti-Semitism has been a problem for the Jews ever since the seventeenth century. The Christians, while trying to convert the Jews to Christianity, took strong measures against the Jews. They burned the Talmud, a book of civil and religious laws, and torched other holy writings. Jews have always been considered lower class and were classed as dirty. The Holocaust of World War two emphasizes the mistreatment and brutality towards Jews more graphically than any other historical event.The Nazis began the terror by passing a series of laws that massively discriminated against the Jewish race. Jews were forced from jobs, barred them from certain professions, excluded them from attending universities, and were segregated from the rest of society. In addition, they had to have their passports stamped with a "J", were forced to wear a yellow "Star of David" as a form of identification, and were forced to carry special identification cards. Jews weren't even allowed to use certain forms of transportation. The Jews were banned from trains, weren't allowed to own bicycles, and were forbidden to own or operate automobiles. Jews were also banned from a number of public buildings and events. Being excluded from drama theatres, movie cinemas, and public sports were among some of the other methods of discrimination and oppression used by the Nazis. As the Nazis took over eastern Europe, the Jews were forced to live in the most rundown, dirtiest part of the city, the "ghettos". Joseph Soski described what happened as the Nazis invaded Krohow, Poland (Strahinich, 1996) " Daily, they posted all over town, new decrees and orders in Polish and German. In the beginning those were for the whole population without exception. People had to turn in all weapons , radios, cameras etc. "The ghettos were guarded extremely well. Nazis, carrying guns and other weapons, guarded the ghettos with extreme caution, making sure no Jews could escape. The ghettos were cut off from the rest of the cities by walls, barbed wire, and tall fences. Living conditions were brutal. The Nazis allowed Jews to have very little food, medicine, or fuel to keep warm. Sanitation was poor. Most of the ghettos were lice infested, and deadly diseases were common. The ghettos were so crowded that a group of fifteen Jews lived in a space adequate for two people. Because there was no medicine and the living spaces were very small, disease spread quickly. In no time the streets of the ghettos were littered with corpses. One out of one hundred jews died each month! Kristallnacht or "night of broken glass" was remembered by most jews as a night of demolition and destruction. A lot of property owned by jews were destroyed. Synagogues were burned to the ground, stores were lotted and destroyed, and cemetery chapels were torn down. The Nazis ruined Jewish hospitals, schools and entertainment buildings. The Nazi police were involved with the destruction. These police broke into Jewish homes, stealing belongings and...
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