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On 1 April 1933, the Nazi regime organised a boycott of Jewish goods. SA men positioned themselves in front of shops of Jewish owners. They painted the Star of David on shop windows, got in the way of customers trying to enter the shops and carried signs with anti-Jewish slogans.
April 1, 1933. On this date, the Nazi Party and its affiliates organized a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany.
In the first nationwide, planned action against Jews, Nazis boycotted Jewish businesses and professionals throughout Germany. In March 1933, the SA (Storm Troopers) attacked Jewish-owned department stores in German cities in an attempt to segregate Jews from the rest of society.
Aug 2, 2016 · Print this Page. At a Glance. Image. Language. English — US. Subject. History. The Holocaust. SA members in 1933 stand in front of a barricaded Jewish shop, holding signs in both German and English that urge the boycott of Jewish businesses.
April 1, 1933, SA members standing outside of a Jewish-owned store in Berlin during the boycott against Jewish businesses. The boycott of April 1, 1933 against the Jews was the first nationwide act carried out by the Nazis against Germany’s Jews after rising to power some two months beforehand.
To give Jews a taste of their own medicine, Goebbels announced that the following Saturday, April 1st, all good Aryan Germans would boycott Jewish-owned businesses. If, after the one-day boycott, the false charges against the Nazis in the overseas press stopped, there would be no further boycott of Jewish businesses.
Nazi Move to Boycott Business Establishments of the Jews Sub-Headline Announcement Is Made As Reply to Foreign Threats to Boycott German Goods--Government Toleration of the Movement Is Seen
