Blamed for Treaty of Versailles, unemployment, communism
Hitler fist cautious about public humiliation; probably because of foreign reaction
Nuremberg Laws 1935: Jews didn’t have a German citizenship; couldn’t marry no-Jews
Kristallnacht 1938 first, real attack against Jews
Hilter eventually called for “Final Solution”: to exterminate entire Jewish race
During his rule 5.7 million Jews have been murdered; most of them in gas chambers
Gypsies:
Also often put into concentration camp
Accused of not being pure/Aryan
2. How this affected Hitler’s maintenance of power
Germans were willing to follow Hitler because they were angry about Treaty of Versailles, unemployment etc.; now they finally had someone to blame for it
That Hitler took actions against the “evil” showed Germans that he was confident to re-establish a great Germany
Jews:
Gypsies:
2. How this affected Hitler’s maintenance of power