In 1933, new German laws forced Jews out of their civil service jobs, university and law court positions, and other areas of public life. In April 1933, laws proclaimed at Nuremberg made Jews second-class citizens.
Also between 1937 and 1939, Jews increasingly were forced from Germany’s economic life. The Nazis either seized Jewish businesses and properties outright or forced Jews to sell them at bargain prices.
In November 1938, the Nazis organized a riot, known as Kristallnacht Which Jews who owned stores were destroyed, individuals were attacked or murdered, vandalized homes and destroyed synagogues.
Laws passed between 1933 and 1935 aimed to reduce the future number of genetic “inferiors” through involuntary sterilization programs: 320,000 to 350,000 individuals judged physically or mentally handicapped were subjected to surgical or radiation procedures so they could not have children.
Between 1933 and 1936, thousand of people, mostly political prisoners, were imprisoned in concentrations camps when approximately 30,000 Jewish men were deported to Dachau and other concentration camps, and several hundred Jewish women were sent to local jails. The wave of arrests in 1938
Finally, Hitler's plan called "The Final Solution" was implemented in 1941 which Jews, homosexuals, those with disabilities or viewed as inferior were sent to concentration camps or death camps.
