Holocaust Discrimination

How were the Jews treated in Nazi Germany 1933-1945?
By discrimination we mean ‘the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.’ In this case, the Jews were discriminated because of their religion. In Germany from 1933 to 1945 the Jewish people were discriminated against for a number of reasons which lead to poor treatment at the hands on the Nazis, these included social, violent, economic and political discrimination.
The Holocaust was the most serious incident faced by the Jews. This was also referred to as ‘The Final Solution’ to conceal the truth, as Hitler did not want Nazi citizens to find out what was truly going on. Before they decided on the final solution, Nazis
I think this because although social and economic discrimination was tied in with the Holocaust, before 1941, the discrimination the Jews faced was only on a small scale. During the Holocaust approximately 6 million people died from being worked or starved to death or killed as soon as they arrived at the death camp whereas on the night of broken glass, only 91 Jews were murdered. This shows the extent of the Holocaust and how many people the Jews killed during the Holocaust compared to before Nazis started sending Jews to death camps. This is why the Holocaust was the worst treatment of the Jews because the Nazis took away 6 million lives and wiped out generations of families just because they were not the same as the Aryans. Furthermore, during the Holocaust the Jews went through the process of dehumanisation where their heads would be shaved, they would be robbed of their belongings and their clothes would be replaced with ‘striped pyjamas’ and wooden clogs for their feet. This shows that the Holocaust was the worst treatment because the Nazis did not treat Jews as people. By dehumanising them, it made it easier for the Nazis to treat them as objects and it would be easier to kill
During the Holocaust, Jews would be dehumanised by having their hair shaved and their belongings taken away and replaced with striped clothing and wooden clogs. Prisoners would be fed little amounts of food and be expected to perform hard jobs such as working in factories. They would live in terrible conditions and would often die from starvation, hypothermia or they would be worked to death. Before the Holocaust, Jews were also discriminated against socially and economically. E.g, Jews were banned from being doctors and having other occupations, which stopped them from earning money. Jews also had limited options as to what jobs they could perform. Another example of economic discrimination is when Nazis boycotted Jewish businesses. The SA would stand in front of Jewish shops and persuade people not to go in and buy products. Furthermore, Jews were forced to live in ghettos when Germany invaded and took over Poland. This is a form of economic discrimination because the Nazis charged more money than necessary for food. This way Jews would run out of money and eventually starve to death. When the Nazis realised that this would take too long they moved on to other means. However, forcing Jews to live in ghettos was also a form of social discrimination. Nazis were separating Jews away from the rest of the population and stopping them from socialising freely. Other