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The April 1, 1933, boycott aimed to intimidate Germany’s Jews and discourage the German public from shopping at Jewish businesses. It marked the beginning of Nazi efforts to drive Jews from the German economy.
- The Boycott of Jewish Businesses | Holocaust Encyclopedia
From 1933–1938, the Nazi regime unofficially pressures...
- History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust
In the first nationwide, planned action against Jews, Nazis...
- The Boycott of Jewish Businesses | Holocaust Encyclopedia
From 1933–1938, the Nazi regime unofficially pressures Jewish business owners to close or sell their businesses. The Nazis use propaganda and threats to encourage Germans to shop at stores owned by non-Jews.
It was a state-managed campaign of ever-increasing harassment, arrests, systematic pillaging, forced transfer of ownership to Nazi Party activists (managed by the Chamber of Commerce), and ultimately murder of Jewish business owners. In Berlin alone, there were 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses.
Aug 2, 2016 · Their outburst gave the Nazis an excuse for a “defensive action against the Jewish world criminal” on April 1, 1933. That action—a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses—was the first major public event that specifically targeted Jews not as Communists or Social Democrats but as Jews. It was not a huge success.
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.
On April 1, 1933—less than 3 months after rising to power—the Nazis staged a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. The boycott signaled the start of the Nazi movement to exclude Jews from all aspects of German society.
Jan 17, 2017 · On April 1, 1933, Nazis organized a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses throughout Germany. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), the boycott, “marked the beginning of a nationwide campaign by the Nazi party against the entire German Jewish population.”
