Targeting Minorities During The Holocaust

The Holocaust was and is amongst the most horrific, immoral and inhumane things that man has ever committed. This is because it legitimized discrimination and violence against targeted peoples,introduced and demonstrated genocide, and gave inspiration to other, similar monstrosities.

The Holocaust didn’t start violently, but grew when discrimination and violence against targeted minorities was legitimised and protected.

In late 1935, the Nazis introduced the Nuremberg Laws, which, most notably, required targeted minorities to be clearly identifiable at all times and lowered them to the status of state subjects, effectively stripping them of their citizenships . This served to paint a target on the minorities.

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