The Holocaust Museum
The Holocaust Museum tells the story of a people who were senselessly targeted by the Nazis in Germany. Long before World War II started, the Nazis had taken control of the government in Germany by 1933. Almost immediately anti-Semitic laws were passed which restricted the rights of Jews who lived in the country and territories which Germany annexed. To the Nazis people who were of Jewish descent were sub-human and increasingly were treated like animals.
Businesses belonging to Jews were marked and target. Windows were broken and businesses were vandalized. It was very apparent that Jews were not welcomed any longer in the place they had called home for years, decades, and even longer.
Jews were blamed for all of the economic and social ills which the German people had suffered since the conclusion of World War I. Hatred towards this people burned in the hearts of many until those Jews who were not fortunate enough to leave Germany were herded like cattle and systematically murdered.
The Holocaust Museum is dedicated to telling the story of the people who were the innocent victims of Nazi hatred. Many sobering exhibits are found throughout the museum. Stories of real people are told. Stories of those who had their property stolen and those who were senselessly murdered just because they were Jews.
Anti-Semitic Laws of the 1930's
March 31, 1933 - No Jewish doctors were allowed to practice in Berlin Charity Services.
April 7, 1933 - Jews were removed from the Legal Profession.
April 25, 1933 - Jews were limited in public schools
July 14, 1933 - Jews were de-naturalized. Citizenship in German was revoked.
May 21, 1935 - Jews were expelled as officers in the German Army.
September 15, 1935 - The Nuremberg Laws are enacted against Jews.
January 5, 1938 - Jews are forbidden to change their names.
October 3, 1938 - Jewish Property is regulated and transferred to non-Jewish Germans.
November 12, 1938 - All Jewish businesses are closed.
February 21, 1939 - All precious metals and stones owned by Jews are to be surrendered.
Many other laws were passed during and after those mentioned which restricted the lives of Jews living in Germany and German-conquered countries.
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