How were Jewish people's rights slowly taken away by the Nazi Party?

Before World War II began, the Jewish people of Germany slowly saw their rights being taken away by the Nazi Party. In 1935, a series of laws were passed called the Nuremberg Laws. These laws restricted what the Jewish people could do. For example, marriage between Germans and the Jewish people was forbidden. The Jewish people lost their citizenship meaning they couldn’t run for political office or vote. Eventually, the Jewish people were banned from working in certain professions including journalism, education, law, medicine, and government. The Jewish people couldn’t hire women under the age of 35 as servants. These laws eroded many of the rights the Jewish people had as citizens of Germany.

The situation worsened in 1938. An event called Kristallnacht occurred. This word means the night of the broken glass. On this night, there was a massive destruction of anything Jewish. Jewish homes, property, and synagogues were destroyed in Germany. Many Jewish people died and were injured. The secret police stood by and did nothing. Many Jewish people were arrested the next day.

Eventually, the Jewish people were rounded up and placed in concentration camps. Six million Jews were killed in these camps. This is known as the Holocaust. The Nazi Party tried to eliminate the Jewish people from lands they controlled.