Question

This photo shows Nazi officials posting a sign on the window of a Jewish business.

The sign reads, "Germans! Defend yourself! Buy nothing from Jews!"


What does this sign suggest about the Nazi government’s policies toward Jews?

Answer 1

The Nazis before the whole well known holocaust ordeal were very discriminatory towards Jews and other “undesirables” in Germany. Adolf Hitler had began a segregated movement against Jews as early as 1933 when he wasn’t even chancellor yet, but was still running for the position. He later passed the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 which later solidified the nazi hatred of the Jews. This laws were quite similar in a way to America’s Jim Crow Laws. They segregated Jews from public buildings to schools to even their own homes at times.