40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

Trista - December 19, 2018

40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall
Hitler’s gray uniform tunic with the Golden party Badge; Iron Cross and Wound badge. He is also wearing a Swastika armband on his left shoulder. German Federal Archive/Bundesarchiv, Bild/Wikimedia Commons.

26. Hitler Implemented Laws Excluding Jews From Civic Life

Hitler believed that even more than communists, the greatest enemies to Germany were Jews. A national boycott of Jewish businesses began in 1933; it prohibited non-Jews from doing business with companies owned by Jews. The next year, a law that prevented Jews from serving in government roles; many lost their jobs as a result. Over the next few years, more and more rights were stripped away until they were sent to death camps.

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