e German population was Jewish - yet they made up a large number of German professionals, including doctors and lawyers. Over a sixth of German Jews had fought for Germany during the First World War while others held important Government positions. The Jewish community was winning many of the Nobel Prizes for Germany and more Jews were marrying non-Jews. Now that the Nazis were in control, their lives were about to change.
Boycott of Jewish businesses, 1933 Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, speaks at a rally in favor of the boycott of Jewish-owned shops. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
— National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.
April 1, 1933, the Nazis carried out an economic boycott against the Jews;
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Jewish stereotypes were created in an effort to create anxieties about developments in economic and political life without anyone asking questions about the real role of the Jewish community in German society.
The propaganda was continued through November 1937 with the ‘Eternal Jew’ exhibition in Munich which claimed to show the ‘typical features’ of Jews while demonstrating their alleged Asian and Middle Eastern characteristics. The exhibition was also used as a platform to expose a world-wide Jewish-Bolshevik conspiracy.
The exhibitions striking posters contrasted Jewish individualism and self-seeking with the Nazis ‘Volksgemeinschaft’ or People’s community. This was done by revealing an ‘eastern Jew’ wearing kaftans and holding gold coins and whips. Also, under his arm is a world map with the Communist imprint on it. The exhibition attracted over 5,000 visitors per day and the Gestapo reports claim that it promoted anti-Semitic feelings which led to violence in the