During World War II, approximately six million Jewish people were killed in the Holocaust. The 1930s through 1940s was extremely heartbreaking for Jews and their families. Before the Holocaust Jews had normal lives, they never expected their lives to dramatically change personally and their outlook on the world. Before the early 1930s Jews had good paying jobs and families, but when Adolf Hitler was chancellor there were a lot of new laws enacted to discriminate against the Jews.
Everyone in the 1930s had economical problems but Jews had it the worst because of their religion.Before the Holocaust Jews had jobs like farmer, tailors, seamstresses, factory hands, doctors, teacher, and small business owner (The Holocaust). Some Jews had normal jobs, families, and a good life but like other people some families were wealthy and some were poor. Before Adolf Hitler was chancellor Jews were not afraid for their lives and their
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Before the Holocaust Jews didn't have any certain laws but everyone had some laws (Timeline of Events). Jews never had any laws that would discriminate them from other people before the Holocaust. When Adolf Hitler was chancellor there were a lot more laws to mistreat Jews. The anti- Jewish laws made Jews have a harder life than other people. Jews couldn't attend public schools, theaters, and couldn't even walk through certain parts of Germany (Jewish Life in Europe Before the Holocaust). If the German soldiers saw any Jews they would take them away from their families and take them to concentration camps. Although a lot of people had political problems most of Jews political problems were internal (Nazi Germany 1933-1939). A lot of people in the 1930s had a political problem but Jews had more of an issue with a political problem than other people. Adolf Hitler viewed Jews, not a religious group that's why he wanted to discriminate