ANSWER: The persecution of Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust was a result of their anti-Semitic belief that Jews were a threat to the Aryan race and to German society. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party regarded Jews as a parasitic race, with the potential to contaminate the German population, weaken it, and undermine its culture.
This xenophobic belief, fueled by propaganda and prejudice, led to the systematic persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany after Hitler became Chancellor in 1933. The persecution started with the enactment of discriminatory laws that limited Jewish participation in German society and commerce, such as the Nuremberg Laws of 1935. Jewish-owned businesses were boycotted and confiscated, and Jewish professionals like doctors, lawyers, and teachers were fired, excluded from schools and universities.
The persecution escalated over time, and in 1941, the Nazis implemented the "Final Solution," a plan to systematically exterminate all Jews from Europe. This led to the genocide of six million Jews in concentration camps, where they were subjected to forced labor, starvation, and execution through gas chambers.
Nazis also targeted the disabled individuals, homosexuals, gypsies, and political dissidents. The persecution and forced labor of these groups were also part of the Holocaust.